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    CVE-2020-16126

    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.

    Published:Nov 11, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Nov 11, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.00892
    CVSS Score:3.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Freedesktop
    Product
    Accountsservice

    Exploits

    https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-187-accountsservice-drop-privs-DOShttps://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-187-accountsservice-drop-privs-DOShttps://github.com/zev3n/Ubuntu-Gnome-privilege-escalation

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High