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    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:Jul 2, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Oct 26, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.00077
    CVSS Score:4.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Polkit Project
    Product
    Polkit
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://github.com/puglia-ryan/S-V-Project-Implementation-of-CVE-2015-3256

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0189.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77356
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245684
    http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0189.html
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77356
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245684

    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