Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in mate-settings-daemon - CVE-2012-5560
Published: May 30, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41601
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5560
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
The default configuration in mate-settings-daemon 1.5.3 allows local users to change the timezone for the system via a crafted D-Bus call.
Affected software
mate-settings-daemon
How to mitigate CVE-2012-5560
Install update from vendor's website.