Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in gvfs - CVE-2019-12795
Published: June 13, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18791
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-12795
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
gvfs
gvfs
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the daemon/gvfsdaemon.c opened a private D-Bus server socket without configuring an authorization rule. A local attacker can connect to this server socket and issue D-Bus method calls.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-12795
Install updates from vendor's website.