A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd before version v245-rc1, where asynchronous Polkit queries are performed while handling dbus messages. A local unprivileged attacker can abuse this flaw to crash systemd services or potentially execute code and elevate their privileges, by sending specially crafted dbus messages. CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) [CVE-2020-1712|https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1712]
