A vulnerability was found in polkit. When authentication is performed by a non-root user to perform an administrative task, the authentication is temporarily cached in such a way that a local attacker could impersonate the authorized process, thus gaining access to elevated privileges.
Find out more about CVE-2019-6133 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS3 Base Score | 7.3 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | Low |
User Interaction | Required |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity Impact | High |
Availability Impact | High |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Virtualization 4 | rhvm-appliance | Fix deferred |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | polkit | Affected |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | polkit | Affected |