PRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2008-1658Format string
7.6 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
33.8%
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.
References
bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
secunia.com/advisories/29755
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html
Related
7.6 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
33.8%