CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-16126
3.3 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-11-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, improperly dropped the ruid, allowing untrusted users to send signals to AccountService, thus stopping it from handling D-Bus messages in a timely fashion.
Affected configurations
• freedesktop accountsservice (< 0.6.55)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-187-accountsservice-drop-privs-DOS Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-187-accountsservice-drop-privs-DOS Exploit, Third Party Advisory