vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-0f8bf913-7efa-11ec-8c04-2cf05d620ecc (CVE-2021-4034): polkit -- Local Privilege Escalation
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jan 26, 2022 | Nov 4, 2022 | Dec 10, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 26, 2022
Added
Nov 4, 2022
Modified
Dec 10, 2025
Description
Qualys reports: We discovered a Local Privilege Escalation (from any user to root) in polkit's pkexec, a SUID-root program that is installed by default on every major Linux distribution.
Solution
freebsd-upgrade-package-polkit
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