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PwnKit: “Trivially exploitable” vulnerability found in Linux Polkit’s pkexec tool

Researchers have discovered a “trivially exploitable” local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2021-4034) in Polkit’s pkexec tool that affects likely every major Linux distribution.

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7-year old polkit vulnerability could allow hackers root shell on Linux systems

A security researcher has discovered a seven-year old polkit privileged escalation vulnerability CVE-2021-3560 that could allow a remote attacker root shell access on Linux systems.

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