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CVE-2015-3255

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-10-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

• Polkit Project Polkit: through 0.112

References

• http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023
• https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83590
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1245673
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-07
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3717-2/
• http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035023

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