PolicyKit: format string vulnerability
Published Apr 11, 2008
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.68%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.7
- 0.6
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.68% (0.00677) | 50.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.68% (0.00677) | 47.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00127) | 29.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00093) | 41.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00083) | 34.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00178) | 53.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29755 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1658 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439982 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1658
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1658
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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