Detections
Analytics
MiracleLinux 7 : polkit-0.112-26.el7.1 (AXSA:2022-3017:01)
high Nessus Plugin ID 294113
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2022-3017:01 advisory.* polkit: Local privilege escalation in pkexec due to incorrect handling of argument vector (CVE-2021-4034)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected polkit, polkit-devel and / or polkit-docs packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 294113
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2022-3017.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/20/2026
Updated: 1/20/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.8
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4034
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:polkit, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:polkit-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2022
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/18/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-4034
IAVA: 2022-A-0055