This paper explains the exploitation of the authentication bypass vulnerability found in polkit, which allows an unprivileged user to call privileged methods by taking root access using dbus.
Key Pointers:
- Understanding the vulnerability and the key terms used throughout the paper
- Understanding how the exploit works
- Taking a look at the severity and scope of impact of this vulnerability
- Setting up the lab for exploitation
- Exploiting the vulnerability and learning how to mitigate it
