CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Remediation Deadline: Jul 18, 2022
Description
The Red Hat polkit pkexec utility contains an out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation with administrative rights.
EPSS — Exploit Probability
87.1%
Higher than 99.4% of all CVEs
Required Action
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-4034
Risk Assessment
HIGHIn CISA KEV
High EPSS
Details
- Severity
- High
- EPSS
- 87.1%
- CISA KEV
- Yes
- Ransomware
- Unknown
- Articles
- 0
Timeline
Published
Jun 27, 2022
Added to KEV
Jun 27, 2022
Remediation Due
Jul 18, 2022