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CVE-2019-3827
CVE-2019-3827
PUBLISHED
An incorrect permission check in the admin backend in gvfs before version 1.39.4 was found that allows reading and modify arbitrary files by privileged users without asking for password when no authentication agent is running. This vulnerability can be exploited by malicious programs running under privileges of users belonging to the wheel group to further escalate its privileges by modifying system files without user's knowledge. Successful exploitation requires uncommon system configuration.
EPSS 0.06% · 19.2th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.06%
19.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | gvfs | 1.34.1-1ubuntu4, 1.34.1-2ubuntu2, 1.35.91-1ubuntu1 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Feb 11, 2019 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-3827 third-party-advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/issues/355 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1665578 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3888-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3827 third-party-advisory