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CVE-2021-3560

CVE-2021-3560 PUBLISHED KEV

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.

EPSS 9.10% · 92.8th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
9.10%
92.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSpolicykit-10
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSpolicykit-10, 0.105-26ubuntu1

Timeline

  • Jun 3, 2021 CVE Published
  • Jun 15, 2021 PoC Published
  • Jul 10, 2021 PoC Published
  • Feb 17, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
  • May 12, 2023 CISA KEV Added
  • Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Mar 19, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Mar 27, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2025 EPSS Score
  • Apr 14, 2025 EPSS Score
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