{"cve":"CVE-2015-4625","nvd":{"published":"2015-10-26T19:59:05.733","modified":"2026-06-17T00:27:37.233","status":"Modified","description":"Integer overflow in the authentication_agent_new_cookie function in PolicyKit (aka polkit) before 0.113 allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of connections, which triggers the issuance of a duplicate cookie value.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-189"],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161721.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162294.html","http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-July/000432.html","http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-June/000427.html","http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/polkit-devel/2015-May/000419.html"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","opensuse:opensuse","polkit_project:polkit"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:45.466985407+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-4625","score":0.00421,"percentile":0.36481,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}