CVE-2015-3256

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

26/10/2015

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

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."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.60

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit::::::::		0.112 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2015-3256

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools