CVE-2020-1712
Systemd dbus Heap Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation
Description
A heap use-after-free vulnerability was found in systemd before version v245-rc1, where asynchronous Polkit queries are performed while handling dbus messages. A local unprivileged attacker can abuse this flaw to crash systemd services or potentially execute code and elevate their privileges, by sending specially crafted dbus messages.
INFO
Published Date :
March 31, 2020, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 5:11 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2020-1712 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2020-1712
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2020-1712.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
A command line tool which provides an alternative interface to snyk test
snyk
Makefile Dockerfile Crystal Open Policy Agent
CMPT 416 Project (Custom Clang Checker for systemd)
CMake C++
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2020-1712 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-1712 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1712 Added Reference https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1068447e6954dc6ce52f099ed174c442cb89ed54 Added Reference https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/637486261528e8aa3da9f26a4487dc254f4b7abb Added Reference https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/bc130b6858327b382b07b3985cf48e2aa9016b2d Added Reference https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ea0d0ede03c6f18dbc5036c5e9cccf97e415ccc2 Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00025.html Added Reference https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/1 -
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 Removed CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Added CVSS V3.1 Red Hat, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 29, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00025.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 30, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/06/msg00025.html [No Types Assigned] -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Jan. 28, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 244 OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 244 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 10, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1712 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1712 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1068447e6954dc6ce52f099ed174c442cb89ed54 No Types Assigned https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/1068447e6954dc6ce52f099ed174c442cb89ed54 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/637486261528e8aa3da9f26a4487dc254f4b7abb No Types Assigned https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/637486261528e8aa3da9f26a4487dc254f4b7abb Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/bc130b6858327b382b07b3985cf48e2aa9016b2d No Types Assigned https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/bc130b6858327b382b07b3985cf48e2aa9016b2d Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ea0d0ede03c6f18dbc5036c5e9cccf97e415ccc2 No Types Assigned https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ea0d0ede03c6f18dbc5036c5e9cccf97e415ccc2 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/1 No Types Assigned https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/05/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-416 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 244 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ceph_storage:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:discovery:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:migration_toolkit:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-1712 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-1712
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.05 }} 0.00%
score
0.19788
percentile