CVE-2012-3524 in libdbusinfo

Summary

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."

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Reservation

06/14/2012

Disclosure

09/18/2012

Entries

1: VDB-62318

CPE

ready

Exploit

Download

CVSS

9.3

EPSS

0.52378

Activities

Very Low

Sources

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