J Smith (CadmusofThebes)

2 exploits Active since Feb 2022
CVE-2021-3560 NOMISEC HIGH WORKING POC
polkit < 0.119 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via D-Bus Request
It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVSS 7.8
CVE-2021-3560 EXPLOITDB HIGH bash WORKING POC
polkit < 0.119 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via D-Bus Request
It was found that polkit could be tricked into bypassing the credential checks for D-Bus requests, elevating the privileges of the requestor to the root user. This flaw could be used by an unprivileged local attacker to, for example, create a new local administrator. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
CVSS 7.8