The pkgmgr system service in Tizen allows an unprivileged process to perform package management actions, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations
Published Jan 22, 2020
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.78%
Description
The pkgmgr system service in Tizen allows an unprivileged process to perform package management actions, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. Such actions include installing, decrypting, and killing other packages. This affects Tizen before 5.0 M1, and Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.4
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 3.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 4.0
- 5.0
Running on/with
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.78% (0.00781) | 54.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.78% (0.00781) | 54.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00110) | 44.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00110) | 44.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00110) | 42.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (3)
- https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://review.tizen.org/git/?p=platform/core/appfw/pkgmgr-server.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aac8a95859828a058d8e06893982b11ebc81dd78 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://review.tizen.org/git/?p=platform/core/appfw/pkgmgr-server.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aac8a95859828a058d8e06893982b11ebc81dd78 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory |
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