CVE-2021-3560
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-02-16 00:00
Modified
2024-08-03 17:01
Severity ?
Summary
It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172836/polkit-Authentication-Bypass.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172846/Facebook-Fizz-Denial-Of-Service.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961710Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.blog/2021-06-10-privilege-escalation-polkit-root-on-linux-with-bug/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
n/apolkit
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-05-12

Due date: 2023-06-02

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961710; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3560

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