CVE-2011-1485
PolicyKit pkexec Race Condition Privilege Escalation
Description
Race condition in the pkexec utility and polkitd daemon in PolicyKit (aka polkit) 0.96 allows local users to gain privileges by executing a setuid program from pkexec, related to the use of the effective user ID instead of the real user ID.
INFO
Published Date :
May 31, 2011, 8:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 19, 2012, 4:39 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.4
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2011-1485 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Shell
HTB - Irked
Python
Localroot-ALL-CVE~
localroot cheatsheet security kernel linux exploits cve linux-privilege-escalation cybersecurity infosec pentesting
C Shell Python Ruby Makefile HTML Perl Batchfile
CVE-2011-1485 - Published: 2011-04-01 - PolicyKit:
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 01, 2011
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-1485 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Exploit Prediction
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0.07 }} 0.00%
score
0.31005
percentile