{
  "cveId": "CVE-2021-4115",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4115",
  "summary": "CVE-2021-4115 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by gir1.2-polkit-1.0 0.105-26ubuntu1.3, released February 14, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "polkit: The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges",
  "description": "The polkit packages provide a component for controlling system-wide privileges. This component provides a uniform and organized way for non-privileged processes to communicate with privileged ones.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* polkit: file descriptor leak allows an unprivileged user to cause a crash (CVE-2021-4115)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.",
  "published": "2022-02-14T05:00:00Z",
  "severity": "Moderate",
  "cvss": 6.2,
  "cvssVector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
  "epss": 0.00525,
  "epssPercentile": 0.44765,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
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