GNOME gvfs up to 1.41.2 Move gvfsbackendadmin.c permission

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in GNOME gvfs up to 1.41.2. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the file daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c of the component Move Handler. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2019-12449. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in GNOME gvfs up to 1.41.2. This issue affects an unknown function of the file daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c of the component Move Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c mishandles a file's user and group ownership during move (and copy with G_FILE_COPY_ALL_METADATA) operations from admin:// to file:// URIs, because root privileges are unavailable.

The weakness was published 05/29/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.fedoraproject.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-12449 since 05/29/2019. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/29/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 330510 (NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : gvfs Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2026-0060)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (330510). Similar entries are available at VDB-135693 and VDB-135694. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• GNOME

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• gvfs

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• 1.41.0
• 1.41.1
• 1.41.2

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.gnome.org/

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