7.3
HIGH
CVE-2019-12447
GNOME gvfs Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c mishandles file ownership because setfsuid is not used.

INFO

Published Date :

May 29, 2019, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

2.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-12447 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Opensuse leap
1 Gnome gvfs

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-12447 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-269 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 20, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00008.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00009.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00009.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d7d362995aa0cb8905c8d5c2a2a4c305d2ffff80 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d7d362995aa0cb8905c8d5c2a2a4c305d2ffff80 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4053-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4053-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Removed CWE CWE-275
    Added CWE CWE-269
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/compare/5cd76d627f4d1982b6e77a0e271ef9301732d09e...3895e09d784ebec0fbc4614d5c37068736120e1d [Patch, Vendor Advisory]
    Added Reference https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d7d362995aa0cb8905c8d5c2a2a4c305d2ffff80 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4053-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00008.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/compare/5cd76d627f4d1982b6e77a0e271ef9301732d09e...3895e09d784ebec0fbc4614d5c37068736120e1d No Types Assigned https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/compare/5cd76d627f4d1982b6e77a0e271ef9301732d09e...3895e09d784ebec0fbc4614d5c37068736120e1d Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-275
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gvfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.29.4 up to (including) 1.41.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-12447 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-12447 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.32 }} 0.14%

score

0.70352

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability