CVE-2012-3524

libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in X.org and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and…

published September 18, 2012

CVSS
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EPSS
4%
Percentile
91.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in X.org and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: libdbus maintainers state that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libdbus itself: "we do not support use of libdbus in setuid binaries that do not sanitize their environment before their first call into libdbus."

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04477 · 91.4th percentile
Published
2012-09-18T17:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 SEP 17:00Z
    libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in X.org and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and…
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