d-bus 0.22 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in d-bus 0.22. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-0201. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in d-bus 0.22. This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

d-bus (dbus) before 0.22 does not properly restrict access to a socket if the socket address is known which allows local users to listen or send arbitrary messages on another user s per-user session bus via that socket.

The bug was discovered 02/03/2005. The weakness was published 06/29/2005 with Redhat (Website). The advisory is shared at mandriva.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0201 since 02/01/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 141 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18562 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : dbus (MDKSA-2005:105)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117902 (CentOS Security Update for D-BUS (CESA-2005:102)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19209), Tenable (18562), SecurityFocus (BID 12435†), OSVDB (13446†) and Secunia (SA14119†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 18562
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : dbus (MDKSA-2005:105)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/01/2005 🔍
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06/14/2005 +131 days 🔍
06/24/2005 +10 days 🔍
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06/29/2005 +4 days 🔍
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03/11/2015 +3542 days 🔍
07/05/2025 +3769 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mandriva.com
Organization: Redhat
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-0201 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0201
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25605

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X-Force: 19209
SecurityFocus: 12435 - D-BUS Session Bus Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 14119 - D-BUS Session Bus Hijack Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 13446 - CVE-2005-0201 - dbus - Privilege Escalation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1013075
Vulnerability Center: 8322 - D-BUS Allows Hijacking of Other Users\x27 Sessions, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 07/05/2025 16:40
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (73), 06/06/2019 18:47 (5), 07/05/2025 16:40 (18)
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