Vigil@nce - gvfs: privilege escalation via Unavailable Authentication Agent
March 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
– Impacted products: Fedora.
– Severity: 2/4.
– Consequences: privileged access/rights, user access/rights.
– Provenance: user shell.
– Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
– Creation date: 21/01/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Unavailable Authentication
Agent of gvfs, in order to escalate his privileges.
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