Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-3255

Title: Polkit Project Polkit Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-3255.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Oct 26, 2015

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.11%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-3255: 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.

Impacted Vendors

polkit_project 1

freedesktop 1

Reference Links

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 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/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-3255 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 26, 2015 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.