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HistoryFeb 16, 2022 - 7:15 p.m.

CVE-2021-3560

2022-02-1619:15:00
Debian Security Bug Tracker
security-tracker.debian.org
45

0.012 Low

EPSS

Percentile

84.9%

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.