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HistoryJan 25, 2022 - 5:58 p.m.

policykit-1 vulnerability

2022-01-2517:58:39
Google
osv.dev
10
policykit-1 pkexec privilegeescalation localattacker

AI Score

7.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

46.9%

It was discovered that the PolicyKit pkexec tool incorrectly handled
command-line arguments. A local attacker could use this issue to escalate
privileges to an administrator.