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medium 4.6

CVE-2015-3255 json

The polkit_backend_action_pool_init function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 might allow…

published 2015-10-26 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-3308

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The polkit_backend_action_pool_init function in polkitbackend/polkitbackendactionpool.c in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 might allow local users to gain privileges via duplicate action IDs in action descriptions.

Patch / fix

  • policykit-1 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.105-12

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-3255

  • policykit-1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.105-4ubuntu3.14.04.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-3255

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • polkit SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +2 more 0.113-4.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:1838-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-3255 updated cvss 4.4

polkit: Heap-corruption on duplicate ids

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 polkit, polkit-desktop-policy Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 polkit
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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