Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-3560
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.
CISA KEV
CVSS Base Score
7.8
HIGH
Exploitability:1.9
Impact Score:5.9
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:22.19%
Threat Intelligence Signals
CISA KEV
YES
KEV Date Added
2023-05-12
Ransomware Use
Unknown
KEV Due Date
2023-06-02
VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
No
EPSS Score
22.193%
EPSS Percentile
97.4th pct
GHSA ID
GitHub Severity
HIGH
SSVC Exploitation
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SSVC Automatable
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Vulnerability Class
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Identity & Timeline
| Status | - |
| Assigning Authority | - |
| CVSS Version / Source | - |
| Reserved | - |
| Published | - |
| Patch Date (date_public) | - |
| Exploit DB Date | - |
| First GitHub PoC Date | - |
| Last Updated | - |
| Time to Patch (Days to fix) | - |
| Exploit Release Gap | - |
| PoC Release Gap | - |
| Exploit DB References | None identified |
Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| No affected products specified. | ||
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