Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/38407?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/38407?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-3h84-z3yw-uydr", "summary": "Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in PolicyKit, the worst of\n which may allow a local attacker to gain root privileges.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2011-4945" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/935560?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@0.103-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@0.103-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1037136?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@0.105-3", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-2uwh-8f3g-6kc4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-66y9-wrsz-gud9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-6s5p-ucft-ukad" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-97e5-xezy-wbf6" }, { 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"pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@122-3?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-5y4d-ph3y-5qgd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-eqar-k6xk-1ufh" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-hxfb-cmwp-j7c4" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@122-3%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/935557?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@126-2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-5y4d-ph3y-5qgd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-eqar-k6xk-1ufh" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@126-2%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/935556?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@127-2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-eqar-k6xk-1ufh" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@127-2%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1081561?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@127-3?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@127-3%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/75288?format=api", "purl": "pkg:ebuild/sys-auth/polkit@0.104-r1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/sys-auth/polkit@0.104-r1" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1037135?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/policykit-1@0.96-4%2Bsqueeze2", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-2uwh-8f3g-6kc4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-3h84-z3yw-uydr" }, { 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"807712", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807712" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:michael_biebl:policykit:0.103:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:a:michael_biebl:policykit:0.103:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:michael_biebl:policykit:0.103:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4945", "reference_id": "CVE-2011-4945", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.9", "scoring_system": "cvssv2", "scoring_elements": "AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4945" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201204-06", "reference_id": "GLSA-201204-06", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201204-06" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 264, "name": "Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "6.9 - 6.9", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "6.2", "risk_score": 3.1, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-3h84-z3yw-uydr" }