4.6

CVE-2008-0595: fedoraproject fedora Incorrect Authorization

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2008:0159DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0595DSA-1599-1
Published 29-02-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-0595 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 29-02-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat5 products
  • enterprise_linuxEOL5 | 5.0
  • dbus< 0:1.0.0-6.3.el5_1
  • dbus-debuginfo< 0:1.0.0-6.3.el5_1
  • dbus-devel< 0:1.0.0-6.3.el5_1
  • dbus-x11< 0:1.0.0-6.3.el5_1
Debian1 product
  • dbus< 1.1.20-1 | < 1.0.2-1+etch1
Fedoraproject1 product
Freedesktop1 product
  • dbus< 1.0.3 | ≥ 1.1.0, < 1.1.20
Mandrakesoft1 product

5 vendors · 9 products

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