Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:30555Privilege Escalation
7 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
systemd is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The XDG_SEAT environment variable can be spoofed, which allows for commands to be checked against polkit policies using the allow_active element instead of the allow_any.
References
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00062.html
packetstormsecurity.com/files/152610/systemd-Seat-Verification-Active-Session-Spoofing.html
access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.4_release_notes/
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1611
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1668521
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3842
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00022.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/STR36RJE4ZZIORMDXRERVBHMPRNRTHAC/
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46743/
Related
7 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P