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## https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=4E24BB50-8B91-5BD9-AB6E-3B7FFA3AB3B0
### Information

```
Exploit Title: Local Privilege Escalation in polkit's pkexec (CVE-2021-4034)
Date: 01/25/2022
Exploit Author: Qualys Research Team
Tested on: ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
CVE ID: CVE-2021-27928
```

## How to Exploit
Test Environment:

![img](img/env.png)

Step 1:build the exp(From https://github.com/berdav/CVE-2021-4034)

```
make
```

![img](img/build.png)

Step 2:run exploit and get a root shell

![img](img/root.png)

### Analysis Detail

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

### Reference

https://github.com/berdav/CVE-2021-4034

https://www.qualys.com/2022/01/25/cve-2021-4034/pwnkit.txt

### Disclosure Timeline

- 2021-11-18: Advisory sent to secalert@redhat.
- 2022-01-11: Advisory and patch sent to distros@openwall.
- 2022-01-25: Coordinated Release Date (5:00 PM UTC).