CVE-2021-3560
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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
rank 73 = 40 + 20 + 1 + 6 + 6
rank@v1 · act now
Someone is already using it
CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS
EPSS 0.23708 · CISA KEV listed · without this subject the record ranks 33
What it costs you if it fires
NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own
CVSS 7.8, from NVD · without this subject the record ranks 53
It is getting worse, not staying still
FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed
rose on 2025-10-01 · without this subject the record ranks 72
How much of the world it touches
NVD CPE configurations
6 products in the CPE ranges · without this subject the record ranks 67
Someone else already set the date
CISA KEV remediation due date
CISA remediation date held · without this subject the record ranks 67
$1.18M = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.23708 likelihood
udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run
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Hindsight · the state
Foresight · where to check next
This record is one instance of CWE-863, incorrect authorization. The index holds 4014 prior instances of this class, 20 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. taxonomy@v1
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Current rung: Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed, 2023-05-12.
Affected & Fixed Versions as published
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What it is stated by the CNA
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. receipt
NVD's analysis a second authority
- severity
- 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- weakness
- CWE-863; CWE-754
- affected versions
- polkit project polkit < 0.119; debian linux 11.0; canonical ubuntu linux 20.04; and 3 more, listed in full below
- also scored by
- 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
check it yourself bugzilla.redhat.com github.blog packetstormsecurity.com packetstormsecurity.com receipt
Dated events
Movement the material steps
Show all 75 observations
75 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt
The pattern, elsewhere
This record is one instance of CWE-863, incorrect authorization. The index holds 4014 prior instances of this class, 20 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. [email protected]
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4014 records in this class held. The six above are drawn from the ones CISA has listed as exploited, ranked by how much of the record matches this one. That is why every one of them is KEV-listed: the pool is, so the colour on those spokes says nothing the pool has not already said.
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Records related to this one
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