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CVE-2015-4625

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-4625 is an integer overflow vulnerability in PolicyKit (polkit) versions prior to 0.113, allowing local users to gain privileges by creating numerous connections, leading to duplicate cookie values. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (medium severity), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 0.112CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 3,050 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: polkit
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: polkit

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-4625Low

polkit: potential information disclosure vulnerability due to cookie counter wrapping

May 29, 2015

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html
lists.freedesktop.org / archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html
lists.freedesktop.org / archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.html
lists.freedesktop.org / archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00042.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/06/08/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/06/09/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/21
securityfocus.com / bid/75267
securitytracker.com / id/1035023