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CVE-2025-6019highobserved exploitationCWE-250

Libblockdev: lpe from allow_active to root in libblockdev via udisks

63Vexday Risk Score

Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Actcvss 7epss 0.5%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDJun 19
1st PoCJun 19
VulnCheck+112d
exploitation probability
0.5%top 62% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
18 public exploit(s)
A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability was found in libblockdev. Generally, the "allow_active" setting in Polkit permits a physically present user to take certain actions based on the session type. Due to the way libblockdev interacts with the udisks daemon, an "allow_active" user on a system may be able escalate to full root privileges on the target host. Normally, udisks mounts user-provided filesystem images with security flags like nosuid and nodev to prevent privilege escalation. However, a local attacker can create a specially crafted XFS image containing a SUID-root shell, then trick udisks into resizing it. This mounts their malicious filesystem with root privileges, allowing them to execute their SUID-root shell and gain complete control of the system.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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