Vulnerability Report

CVE-2019-3827

Title: Gnome Gvfs Broken Access Control

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2019-3827.

CWE Category CWE-863
Published Date Mar 25, 2019
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.0 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2019-3827: 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.

Impacted Vendors

G
gnome 1

Reference Links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1517 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2145 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3827 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/merge_requests/31 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1517 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2145 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3827 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/merge_requests/31
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.0
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.0
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
3.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2019-3827 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.