This whitepaper provides an overview of a Polkit authentication bypass vulnerability that allows for local privilege escalation.
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The document in this archive illustrates using the included proof of concept exploit to achieve root on Ubuntu systems using a flaw in the OverlayFS file system. The exploit itself does not have author attribution as the proof of concept came through SSD Disclosures.
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