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CVE-2021-3560 - Red Hat Polkit

AI Vulnerability Context

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.

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CISA KEVHIGH
CVE ID
CVE-2021-3560
Vendor/project
Red Hat
Product
Polkit
Vulnerability name
Red Hat Polkit Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability
Date added
2023-05-12
Due date
2023-06-02
Known ransomware campaign use
Unknown
CVSS v3
7.8
CWE-863

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NVD CVE pagehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3560CVE API docshttps://nvd.nist.gov/developers/vulnerabilitiesData feedshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/data-feedsCataloghttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalogData repositoryhttps://github.com/cisagov/kev-dataaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172836/polkit-Authentication-Bypass.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172846/Facebook-Fizz-Denial-Of-Service.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961710af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.blog/2021-06-10-privilege-escalation-polkit-root-on-linux-with-bug/134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-3560