CVE-2008-1658 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-1658

Format string vulnerability in the grant helper (polkit-grant-helper.c) in PolicyKit...

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

freedesktop

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Affected Software

policykit
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.6

Timeline

Official Publish: April 11th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.