The vulnerability of the software platform for managing administrative policies and privileges, Policykit, arises from errors in processing large user identifier values, allowing attackers to bypass authentication procedures.

The vulnerability of the software platform for managing administrative policies and privileges via Policykit is related to errors in processing large user identifier values values exceeding INTMAX, which allows any systemctl command to be executed. Exploiting this vulnerability could enable a...

CVE-2018-19788: Improper Input Validation

A flaw was found in PolicyKit aka polkit 0.115 that allows a user with a uid greater than INTMAX to successfully execute any systemctl command...