Authentication flaw

USBView 2.1 before 2.2 allows some local users e.g., ones logged in via SSH to execute arbitrary code as root because certain Polkit settings e.g., allowany=yes for pkexec disable the authentication requirement. Code execution can, for example, use the --gtk-module option. This affects Ubuntu,...

CVE-2022-23220

USBView 2.1 before 2.2 allows some local users e.g., ones logged in via SSH to execute arbitrary code as root because certain Polkit settings e.g., allowany=yes for pkexec disable the authentication requirement. Code execution can, for example, use the --gtk-module option. This affects Ubuntu,...