CVE-2016-2568Not scoredCWE-116

CVE-2016-2568: Freedesktop Polkit vulnerability

Freedesktop · Polkit

Affected: Freedesktop Polkit · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.

0.4%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

30th percentile

050100

Higher than 30% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

pkexec, when used with --user nonpriv, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output · Injection and Smuggling
Vendor: Freedesktop
Published: February 2017
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), February 2017

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