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blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2022/01/25/pwnkit-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-in-polkits-pkexec-cve-2021-4034
A memory corruption vulnerability found in polkit’s pkexec allows any unprivileged user to gain full root privileges on a vulnerable host. John Hogoboom and Manny Ortiz of the AT&T Chief Security Office discuss the week's top cybersecurity news, and share news on the current trends of malware, spam, and internet anomalies observed on the AT&T Network.
Originally recorded on January 26, 2022.
AT&T ThreatTraq welcomes your e-mail questions and feedback at attthreattraq@list.att.com
blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2022/01/25/pwnkit-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-in-polkits-pkexec-cve-2021-4034
A memory corruption vulnerability found in polkit’s pkexec allows any unprivileged user to gain full root privileges on a vulnerable host. John Hogoboom and Manny Ortiz of the AT&T Chief Security Office discuss the week's top cybersecurity news, and share news on the current trends of malware, spam, and internet anomalies observed on the AT&T Network.
Originally recorded on January 26, 2022.
AT&T ThreatTraq welcomes your e-mail questions and feedback at attthreattraq@list.att.com
