VDB
CVE-2019-3827
CVE-2019-3827
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.300000190734863 MEDIUM
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 0.36% · 27.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.300000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.36%
27.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | gvfs | 1.34.1-1ubuntu4, 1.34.1-2ubuntu2, 1.35.91-1ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Feb 11, 2019 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 25, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 8, 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