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    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:Mar 22, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Apr 11, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00128
    CVSS Score:4.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Freedesktop
    Product
    Policykit

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-135 Format String Injection
    CAPEC-67 String Format Overflow in syslog()

    References

    http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
    http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29755
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html
    http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
    http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29755
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High