PwnKit Local Privilege Escalation
Detects potential PwnKit exploitation CVE-2021-4034 in auth logs
Detection logic
keywords
"|all":
- pkexec
- The value for environment variable XAUTHORITY contains suspicious content
- "[USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0]"Condition
keywordsRaw YAML
title: PwnKit Local Privilege Escalation
id: 0506a799-698b-43b4-85a1-ac4c84c720e9
status: test
description: Detects potential PwnKit exploitation CVE-2021-4034 in auth logs
references:
- https://twitter.com/wdormann/status/1486161836961579020
author: Sreeman
date: 2022-01-26
modified: 2024-09-11
tags:
- attack.privilege-escalation
- attack.t1548.001
- detection.emerging-threats
- cve.2021-4034
logsource:
product: linux
service: auth
detection:
keywords:
'|all':
- 'pkexec'
- 'The value for environment variable XAUTHORITY contains suspicious content'
- '[USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0]'
condition: keywords
falsepositives:
- Unknown
level: highFalse positives
- Unknown