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cvelistRedhatCVELIST:CVE-2021-3560
HistoryFeb 16, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2021-3560

2022-02-1600:00:00
CWE-863
redhat
www.cve.org
1

7.8 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.012 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.1%

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "product": "polkit",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "polkit 0.119",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]