CVE-2019-12447

high

Description

An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c mishandles file ownership because setfsuid is not used.

References

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https://usn.ubuntu.com/4053-1/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00009.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00008.html

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d7d362995aa0cb8905c8d5c2a2a4c305d2ffff80

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-4056

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-05-29

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00887