Podcasts Technology Security Weekly Podcast Network (Video) Uncovering a Major Linux PolicyKit Security Vulnerability: Pwnkit - Wheel - PSW #727

Uncovering a Major Linux PolicyKit Security Vulnerability: Pwnkit - Wheel - PSW #727

Published: Feb. 12, 2022, 10 a.m.

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Qualys researcher, Wheel, will discuss the discovery of the 12 year old Linux vulnerability in PolicyKit - which Qualys had dubbed, PwnKit. Wheel will provide an overview of the vulnerability and then dive into a technical discussion of the research.

Segment Resources:

https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2022/01/25/pwnkit-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-discovered-in-polkits-pkexec-cve-2021-4034

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Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/psw727

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