Vulnerability in Polkit Project
CVE-2015-3256
PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and polkitd daemon crash) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to "javascript rule evaluation."
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: 0.004 (26.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Polkit Project
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0189.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/77356 (vdb-entry)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html (mailing-list)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-3256?
- CVE-2015-3256 is a vulnerability in Polkit Project, classified under CWE-264. Published 2015-10-26.
- Is CVE-2015-3256 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.