fkie_cve-2021-3560
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2022-02-16 19:15
Modified
2025-01-29 22:15
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172836/polkit-Authentication-Bypass.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172846/Facebook-Fizz-Denial-Of-Service.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961710Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.blog/2021-06-10-privilege-escalation-polkit-root-on-linux-with-bug/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
polkit_project polkit *
debian debian_linux 11.0
canonical ubuntu_linux 20.04
redhat virtualization 4.0
redhat virtualization_host 4.0
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0
redhat openshift_container_platform 4.7
redhat enterprise_linux 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0


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   cisaActionDue: "2023-06-02",
   cisaExploitAdd: "2023-05-12",
   cisaRequiredAction: "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
   cisaVulnerabilityName: "Red Hat Polkit Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability",
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