Vulnerability in Freedesktop Policykit
CVE-2008-1658
Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit 0.7 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in a password.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freedesktop Policykit — versions 0.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- gitweb.freedesktop.org/
- bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29755 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)