4.6
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-1658
PolicyKit Format String Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 11, 2008, 10:05 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:45 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-1658 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Freedesktop policykit

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-1658 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-1658 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15295
    Added Reference http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29755
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:087
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28702
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1254
    Added Reference https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit/+bug/205037
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00176.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Canonical Ltd. http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Canonical Ltd. http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=PolicyKit.git;a=commitdiff;h=5bc86a14cc0e356bcf8b5f861674f842869b1be7
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41877 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41877 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-1658 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-1658 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.09 }} 0.01%

score

0.41041

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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