CVE-2019-3827

Summary

CVECVE-2019-3827
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-25 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-19 18:06:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-863

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gvfs All All All All
Application Gnome Gvfs All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
admin: Prevent access if any authentication agent isn't available (!31) · Merge Requests · GNOME / gvfs · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.gnome.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
1665578 – (CVE-2019-3827) CVE-2019-3827 gvfs: Incorrect authorization in admin backend allows privileged users to read and modify arbitrary files without prompting for password CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377487 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for gvfs (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0062)
  • 377567 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for gnome (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0108)
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