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cpe:2.3:a:canonical:screen-resolution-extra:0.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

part: a version: 0.17.2 update: *

VendorCanonical (bedcba35-8c3d-5a60-8532-2ba876a6ec88)
ProductScreen Resolution Extra (a52c8c46-9308-532c-86d5-b2a40fa1adb5)
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NotesImported from NVD CPE 2.0 feed

PURL mappings

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pkg:deb/ubuntu/screen-resolution-extra purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:12:42.596581
pkg:github/tseliot/screen-resolution-extra purl2cpe 2026-06-01 10:12:42.596584

Vulnerability references

IdentifiercpeApplicabilitySubmitteddb.gcve.eu detailsRationale
CVE:CVE-2018-8885 vulnerable 2026-06-03 14:39:09.521279 Details available
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: 2018-03-28T20:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2024-08-05T07:10:46.961Z
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Imported from gcve-enriched-dumps CVE data

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