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HistoryJan 25, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

PolicyKit vulnerability

2022-01-2500:00:00
ubuntu.com
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8.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

16.3%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

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

Details

USN-5252-1 fixed a vulnerability in policykit-1. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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.