VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-12447
An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c mishandles file ownership because setfsuid is not used.
HIGH 7.3EPSS 1.82%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c mishandles file ownership because setfsuid is not used.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.82% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnome/gvfs · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d7d362995aa0cb8905c8d5c2a2a4c305d2ffff80Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4053-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00009.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d7d362995aa0cb8905c8d5c2a2a4c305d2ffff80Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4053-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.