CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-3827

7.0 HIGH Published 2019-03-25 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-03-25
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.0 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.3 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-863

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• gnome gvfs (< 1.39.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness

References