CVE-2008-0595

dbus security policy circumvention

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

dbus-daemon in D-Bus before 1.0.3, and 1.1.x before 1.1.20, recognizes send_interface attributes in allow directives in the security policy only for fully qualified method calls, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a method call with a NULL interface.

dbus-daemon en D-Bus anterior a 1.0.3 y 1.1.x anterior a 1.1.20, reconoce atributos de send_interface en directivas de permiso en la política de seguridad sólo para llamadas a métodos completamente cualificados, esto permite a usuarios locales evitar las restricciones de acceso pretendidas mediante llamadas a métodos con una interfaz NULL.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-02-05 CVE Reserved
2008-02-29 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

CAPEC

References (28)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/29148	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29160	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29171	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29173	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29281	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29323	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30869	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32281	Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019512	Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099	Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099	Third Party Advisory
http://www.j5live.com/2008/02/27/announce-d-bus-1120-conisten-water-released	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489280/100/0/threaded	Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0694	Broken Link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2282	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9353	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2008-February/009401.html	2024-02-01
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28023	2024-02-01

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html	2024-02-01
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html	2024-02-01
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1599	2024-02-01
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:054	2024-02-01
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0159.html	2024-02-01
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1	2024-02-01
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00893.html	2024-02-01
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00911.html	2024-02-01
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0595	2008-02-27
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432419	2008-02-27

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				7 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "7"		-		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				2007 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "2007"		-		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				2007.0_x86_64 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "2007.0_x86_64"		-		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				2007.1 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "2007.1"		-		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				2007.1 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "2007.1"		x86_64		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				2008.0 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "2008.0"		-		Affected
Mandrakesoft Search vendor "Mandrakesoft"		Mandrake Linux Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux"				2008.0 Search vendor "Mandrakesoft" for product "Mandrake Linux" and version "2008.0"		x86_64		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "5"		client_workstation		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				< 1.0.3 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version " < 1.0.3"		-		Affected
Freedesktop Search vendor "Freedesktop"		Dbus Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus"				>= 1.1.0 < 1.1.20 Search vendor "Freedesktop" for product "Dbus" and version " >= 1.1.0 < 1.1.20"		-		Affected