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CVE-2018-8885

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.

  • Published: Mar 28, 2018
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2018-8885
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.4
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
canonical / screen-resolution-extra 0.17.2 0.17.2.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 16.04 16.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 14.04 14.04.x
canonical / ubuntu_linux 17.10 17.10.x