[~] compile helper..
[~] maybe get shell now?
The value for environment variable XAUTHORITY contains suscipious content
This incident has been reported.
And no root shell
Adding `GIO_USE_VFS=` to the end of `a_envp` (starting on line 56), fixes that for me on Fedora 34 with polkit-0.117-3. If anybody knows why that makes a difference, I would love to hear.
I've just updated my Arch system and tried this. No longer works
Same. Seems like the exploit wouldn't work for me. When I modify the XAUTHORITY line in the code, either to remove it or point it to my current XAUTHORITY value, I rightfully get a GUI password prompt before the root shell will open.