CVE-2021-3560

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-863: CWE-863

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961710
• https://github.blog/2021-06-10-privilege-escalation-polkit-root-on-linux-with-bug/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172836/polkit-Authentication-Bypass.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172846/Facebook-Fizz-Denial-Of-Service.html

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: active
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

Additional References

• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-3560

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961710
• https://github.blog/2021-06-10-privilege-escalation-polkit-root-on-linux-with-bug/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172836/polkit-Authentication-Bypass.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172846/Facebook-Fizz-Denial-Of-Service.html

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