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.

Published: 2022-02-16

CVSS: 7.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Download CVE-2021-3560 POC (Proof-of-Concept) here:

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https://connollyfinan.ie/poc-231-cve-2022-32548/

https://connollyfinan.ie/poc-711-cve-2024-51378/

https://connollyfinan.ie/poc-609-cve-2021-3156/

https://connollyfinan.ie/poc-373-cve-2017-0143/