Unscored severity · published Apr 11, 2008
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…
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CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PO
Policykit · Freedesktop
through 0.7; 0.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1658
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1658
bugs.freedesktop.org
http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
gitweb.freedesktop.org
http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29755
www.mandriva.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702
www.vupen.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254
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