This is a version of the PwnKit Vulnerability Local Privilege Escalation containing pre-compiled binaries for x86_64 Linux. If you don't want to use the pre-compiled binaries or you are targetting a different architecture, please find the PwnKit-LPE directory.
The Qualys Research Team has discovered a memory corruption vulnerability in polkit’s pkexec, a SUID-root program that is installed by default on every major Linux distribution. This easily exploited vulnerability allows any unprivileged user to gain full root privileges on a vulnerable host by exploiting this vulnerability in its default configuration.
PwnKit: Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Discovered in polkit’s pkexec (CVE-2021-4034)
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