CVE-2021-3560
published 2022-02-16CVE-2021-3560: 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…
high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
KEVITWEXPLOIT
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilitydue 2023-06-02
Exploited in the wild
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.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | policykit-1 | < policykit-1 0.105-31 (bookworm) | policykit-1 0.105-31 (bookworm) |
| msrc | cm1_polkit_0.116-6_on_cbl_mariner_1.0 | — | — |
| polkit_project | polkit | < 0.119 | 0.119 |
| polkit_project | polkit | — | — |
| redhat | openshift_container_platform | — | — |
| redhat | virtualization | — | — |
| redhat | virtualization_host | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vulncheck7.8HIGH
cisa7.8HIGH