CVE-2008-1658 in PolicyKit

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 04/02/2008
• Disclosure: 04/11/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-41910
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-134 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00128
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1658
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1658
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-1658/