Race condition vulnerability in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 allows local users to bypass access restrictions via mishandling of a setuid or pkexec process in the PolicyKit D-Bus API.

CVE-2018-8885 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

screenresolution-mechanism in screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 does not properly use the PolicyKit D-Bus API, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a race condition via a setuid or pkexec process that is mishandled in a PolicyKitService._check_permission call.

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