polkit: potential information disclosure vulnerability due to cookie counter wrapping
Published Oct 26, 2015
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
Description
Integer overflow in the authentication_agent_new_cookie function in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of connections, which triggers the issuance of a duplicate cookie value.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 21
- 22
- 13.1
- 13.2
Configuration 2
- ≤ 0.112
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
polkit
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
polkit
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | polkit | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | polkit | Will not fix | n/a |
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 | 0.40% (0.00405) | 32.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00405) | 31.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00091) | 23.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/21 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75267 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4625 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1233808 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4625
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4625
Change history (0)
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