CVE-2013-0292

high
Published 2013-03-05 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
8.2

Description

The dbus_g_proxy_manager_filter function in dbus-gproxy in Dbus-glib before 0.100.1 does not properly verify the sender of NameOwnerChanged signals, which allows local users to gain privileges via a spoofed signal.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-33614 local linux
Sebastian Krahmer ยท 2014-06-02

dbus-glib pam_fprintd - Local Privilege Escalation

Source code queued for fetch โ€” refresh in a moment.

OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 0.100.1-1
sid Fixed 0.100.1-1
forky Fixed 0.100.1-1
bullseye Fixed 0.100.1-1
bookworm Fixed 0.100.1-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
freedesktopdbus-glib{"endIncluding":"0.100"}
freedesktopdbus-glib0.72
freedesktopdbus-glib0.73
freedesktopdbus-glib0.74
freedesktopdbus-glib0.76
freedesktopdbus-glib0.78
freedesktopdbus-glib0.80
freedesktopdbus-glib0.82
freedesktopdbus-glib0.84
freedesktopdbus-glib0.86
freedesktopdbus-glib0.88
freedesktopdbus-glib0.90
freedesktopdbus-glib0.92
freedesktopdbus-glib0.94
freedesktopdbus-glib0.96
freedesktopdbus-glib0.98

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.