CVE-2019-3827

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    CVE-2019-3827

    Published: 25 Mar 2019Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -8f840a1b51d1a6aa185652af57fd6052da1c661a

    Affected versions

    1.39.3
    1.39.1

    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