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CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
22.19%
Published
Feb 16, 2022
Modified
Nov 6, 2025
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Added: 2023-05-12 · Due: 2023-06-02
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Public PoC / Exploit (10)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
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.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWeaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (9)
References (9)