## 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:

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

Step 2:run exploit and get a root shell

### 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).