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CVE-2021-3560 — Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2021-3560, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Polkit (PolicyKit) on Linux systems, enabling unprivileged users to gain root access. | Kitploit
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CVE-2021-3560

Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2021-3560, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Polkit (PolicyKit) on Linux systems, enabling unprivileged users to gain root access.

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CVE-2021-3560

Polkit - Local Privilege Escalation

Original discovery by kevin_backhouse from GitHub Security Lab

References

  • https://github.blog/2021-06-10-privilege-escalation-polkit-root-on-linux-with-bug/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZhz64yEd0g
  • https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3560

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  • https://deathflash.ml/blog/polkit-local-privilege-escalation
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