CVE-2013-0292

Summary

CVECVE-2013-0292
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-05 21:38:56 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe dbus_g_proxy_manager_filter function in dbus-gproxy in Dbus-glib before 0.100.1 does not properly verify the sender of NameOwnerChanged signals, which allows local users to gain privileges via a spoofed signal.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.72 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.73 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.74 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.76 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.78 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.80 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.82 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.84 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.86 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.88 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.90 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.92 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.94 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.96 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib 0.98 All All All
Application Freedesktop Dbus-glib All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
dbus-glib CVE-2013-0292 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
dbus-glib pam_fprintd - Local Root Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
911658 – (CVE-2013-0292) CVE-2013-0292 dbus-glib: Local privilege escalation due improper filtering of message sender when NameOwnerChanged signal received af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:071 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
dbus/dbus-glib - Glib bindings for D-Bus lightweight IPC mechanism (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus-glib) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.freedesktop.org Exploit, Patch
osvdb.org/90302 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA52404 - Ubuntu update for dbus-glib - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA52225 - dbus-glib D-Bus GLib Bindings "NameOwnerChanged" Signal Handling Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 60916 – CVE-2013-0292: authentication bypass due to insufficient checks in dbus-glib < 0.100.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.freedesktop.org
oss-security - CVE-2013-0292: authentication bypass due to insufficient checks in dbus-glib < 0.100.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
Security Advisory SA52375 - Red Hat update for dbus-glib - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-1753-1: DBus-GLib vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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