Vulnerability identifier: #VU16313

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 7.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:W/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19788

CWE-ID: CWE-77

Exploitation vector: Local

Exploits in database: 3

• April 7, 2020
  • CVE-2018-19788 (Ansible role to check the vulnerability tracked as CVE-2018-19788, impacts PolicyKit version 0.115 which comes pre-installed on a wide range of Linux distributions) [Github]
• March 18, 2020
  • CVE-2018-19788 (Exploiting The CVE-2018-19788 PolicyKit Bug) [Github]
  • CVE-2018-19788 (Silly easy exploit for CVE-2018-19788) [Github]

Impact: Code execution

Vulnerable software:
PolicyKit
Client/Desktop applications / Other client software

Vendor: Freedesktop.org