{"uuid": "fa191682-e95e-4440-b08f-14bab119bfca", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2011-1485", "type": "seen", "source": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/linux/local/pkexec.rb", "content": "{\"actions\": [], \"aliases\": [], \"arch\": \"x86, x64\", \"author\": [\"xi4oyu\", \"0a29406d9794e4f9b30b3c5d6702c708\"], \"autofilter_ports\": [], \"autofilter_services\": [], \"check\": true, \"default_credential\": false, \"description\": \"A race condition flaw was found in the PolicyKit pkexec utility and polkitd\\n          daemon. A local user could use this flaw to appear as a privileged user to\\n          pkexec, allowing them to execute arbitrary commands as root by running\\n          those commands with pkexec.\\n\\n          Those vulnerable include RHEL6 prior to polkit-0.96-2.el6_0.1 and Ubuntu\\n          libpolkit-backend-1 prior to 0.96-2ubuntu1.1 (10.10) 0.96-2ubuntu0.1\\n          (10.04 LTS) and 0.94-1ubuntu1.1 (9.10)\", \"disclosure_date\": \"2011-04-01\", \"fullname\": \"exploit/linux/local/pkexec\", \"is_install_path\": true, \"mod_time\": \"2026-04-22 11:57:34 +0000\", \"name\": \"Linux PolicyKit Race Condition Privilege Escalation\", \"needs_cleanup\": null, \"notes\": {\"Reliability\": [\"unknown-reliability\"], \"SideEffects\": [\"unknown-side-effects\"], \"Stability\": [\"unknown-stability\"]}, \"path\": \"/modules/exploits/linux/local/pkexec.rb\", \"platform\": \"Linux\", \"post_auth\": false, \"rank\": 500, \"ref_name\": \"linux/local/pkexec\", \"references\": [\"CVE-2011-1485\", \"EDB-17942\", \"OSVDB-72261\"], \"rport\": null, \"session_types\": [\"shell\", \"meterpreter\"], \"targets\": [\"Linux x86\", \"Linux x64\"], \"type\": \"exploit\"}", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-08T06:49:11.018565Z"}