gsd-2021-3560
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:23
Details
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.
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Aliases
CVE-2021-3560


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