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CVE-2021-4034

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Confirmed Exploited

CVE-2021-4034

2022-06-27 00:00 UTC

Timestamps

2022-06-27

2022-06-27

Scope

KEVIntel entry: A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found on polkit's pkexec utility. The pkexec application is a setuid tool designed to allow... | Affected: freedesktop.org / polkit | CVSS: 7.8 (HIGH) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False

References
  • {'id': 'CVE-2021-4034', 'url': 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4034'}
  • {'id': 'kevintel', 'url': 'https://kevintel.com/vuln/CVE-2021-4034'}

633eb3db-5bc8-4264-b9ea-d8076418f6e1

caeb2787-0d58-4236-9039-7c86c3e566f3

2026-06-23 14:05 UTC

2026-06-23 14:05 UTC

Evidence
1
Type Source Signal Confidence Details GCVE Metadata
public_report kevintel successful_exploitation 0.70
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{
  "added_date": "2022-06-27T00:00:00.000Z",
  "ahead_of_cisa_kev": null,
  "cvss_score": 7.8,
  "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
  "epss_percentile": null,
  "epss_score": null,
  "feed": "KEVIntel (kevintel.com)",
  "not_yet_in_cisa_kev": false,
  "product": "polkit",
  "title": "A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found on polkit\u0027s pkexec utility. The pkexec application is a setuid tool designed to allow...",
  "used_in_malware": "unknown",
  "vendor": "freedesktop.org"
}
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