CVE-2019-12449
GNOME gvfs Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c mishandles a file's user and group ownership during move (and copy with G_FILE_COPY_ALL_METADATA) operations from admin:// to file:// URIs, because root privileges are unavailable.
INFO
Published Date :
May 29, 2019, 5:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
2.1
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2019-12449
vulnerability.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2019-12449 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2019-12449 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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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 CWE-755 -
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:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/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:N/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/409619412e11be146a31b9a99ed965925f1aabb8 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/409619412e11be146a31b9a99ed965925f1aabb8 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/commit/d5dfd823c94045488aef8727c553f1e0f7666b90 [Patch, Vendor Advisory] Added Reference https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/409619412e11be146a31b9a99ed965925f1aabb8 [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:C/I:C/A:C) 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/commit/d5dfd823c94045488aef8727c553f1e0f7666b90 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d5dfd823c94045488aef8727c553f1e0f7666b90 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
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-12449 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-2019-12449
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.33 }} 0.18%
score
0.71135
percentile