PwnKit Local Privilege Escalation

 1title: PwnKit Local Privilege Escalation
 2id: 0506a799-698b-43b4-85a1-ac4c84c720e9
 3status: test
 4description: Detects potential PwnKit exploitation CVE-2021-4034 in auth logs
 5references:
 6    - https://twitter.com/wdormann/status/1486161836961579020
 7author: Sreeman
 8date: 2022-01-26
 9modified: 2024-09-11
10tags:
11    - attack.defense-evasion
12    - attack.privilege-escalation
13    - attack.t1548.001
14    - detection.emerging-threats
15    - cve.2021-4034
16logsource:
17    product: linux
18    service: auth
19detection:
20    keywords:
21        '|all':
22            - 'pkexec'
23            - 'The value for environment variable XAUTHORITY contains suspicious content'
24            - '[USER=root] [TTY=/dev/pts/0]'
25    condition: keywords
26falsepositives:
27    - Unknown
28level: high

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