CVE-2021-4043

A memory corruption vulnerability was discovered in pkexec of polkit (previously PolicyKit).

Reference

• https://beny23.github.io/posts/pwnkit_how_to_check_and_exploit/
• https://beaglesecurity.com/blog/vulnerability/pwnkit-linux-system-bug-allowing-distro-root-access.html
• https://thehackernews.com/2022/01/12-year-old-polkit-flaw-lets.html