MEDIUM
dbus security policy circumvention
Published Feb 29, 2008
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
Description
dbus-daemon in D-Bus before 1.0.3, and 1.1.x before 1.1.20, recognizes send_interface attributes in allow directives in the security policy only for fully qualified method calls, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a method call with a NULL interface.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 7
- 2007
- 2007.0_x86_64
- 2007.1
- 2007.1
- 2008.0
- 2008.0
- 5
- 5.0
Configuration 2
OR
- < 1.0.3
- ≥ 1.1.0 · < 1.1.20
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
dbus-0:1.0.0-6.3.el5_1
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0159
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | dbus-0:1.0.0-6.3.el5_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0159 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.40% 0.00404
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00404
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00404) | 32.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00408) | 32.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 11.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 14.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 12.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 1, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (30)
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2008-February/009401.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29148 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29160 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29171 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29173 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29281 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29323 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30869 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32281 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019512 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1599 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.j5live.com/2008/02/27/announce-d-bus-1120-conisten-water-released/ x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:054 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0159.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489280/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28023 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0694 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0595 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432419 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2282 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0595
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9353 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALBroken Link
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0595
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00893.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00911.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 29, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 5, 2008
Link CVE-2008-0595
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a