It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the…
redhat·CWE-863·Published 2022-02-16
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.
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.
Se ha detectado que polkit podía ser engañado para omitir las comprobaciones de credenciales para las peticiones de D-Bus, elevando los privilegios del solicitante al usuario root. Este fallo podría ser usado por un atacante local no privilegiado para, por ejemplo, crear un nuevo administrador local. La mayor amenaza de esta vulnerabilidad es para la confidencialidad e integridad de los datos, así como para la disponibilidad del sistema
| Version | Type | Source | Base | Exp | Impact | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | Primary | NVD | 7.2 | 3.9 | 10.0 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| 3.1 | Primary | cve.org | 7.8 | — | — | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 3.1 | Primary | NVD | 7.8 | 1.8 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 3.1 | Primary | cve.org | 7.8 | — | — | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 3.1 | Secondary | NVD | 7.8 | 1.8 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |