CVE-2015-3256

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.004 · 29 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.35% (29th) EPSS

CVSS 4.6 · medium

Is it mine?

57 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and polkitd daemon crash) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to "javascript rule evaluation."

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-debuginfo-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.112-6.el7_2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.112-6.el7_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-devel-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-docs-0:0.112-6.el7_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-docs-0:0.112-6.el7_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-docs-0:0.112-6.el7_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189
Fixedpolkit-docs-0:0.112-6.el7_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0189

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.04.1mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v2.04.4mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimaryCWE-264US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

puglia-ryan/S-V-Project-Implementation-of-CVE-2015-3256puglia-ryan/S-V-Project-Implementation-of-CVE-2015-3256PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (57)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Novell Inc. openSUSE≤ 13.1fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. openSUSE≤ 13.2fstec_bduRU
opensuse opensuse= 13.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse= 13.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
polkit project polkit≤ 0.112nvdUScpe:2.3:a:polkit_project:polkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS
polkit-0:0.112-6.el7_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2016:0189Red Hat Security Advisory: polkit security update2016-02-16csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated polkit packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2015-10-26modified 2026-06-17

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references (20)

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