{ "data_type": "CVE", "data_format": "MITRE", "data_version": "4.0", "CVE_data_meta": { "ID": "CVE-2021-3560", "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "vendor_name": "n/a", "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "polkit", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "polkit 0.119" } ] } } ] } } ] } }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "CWE-863" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961710", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961710" }, { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://github.blog/2021-06-10-privilege-escalation-polkit-root-on-linux-with-bug/", "url": "https://github.blog/2021-06-10-privilege-escalation-polkit-root-on-linux-with-bug/" }, { "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172836/polkit-Authentication-Bypass.html", "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172836/polkit-Authentication-Bypass.html" } ] }, "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] } }