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ubuntuUbuntuUSN-5252-1
HistoryJan 25, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

PolicyKit vulnerability

2022-01-2500:00:00
ubuntu.com
135

8.6 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

16.3%

JSON

Releases

  • Ubuntu 21.10
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

  • policykit-1 - framework for managing administrative policies and privileges

Details

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.

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8.6 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

16.3%

JSON
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