CVE-2020-16126

VendorfreedesktopProductaccountsserviceDiscoveredNov 11, 2020UpdatedNov 21, 2024

An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, improperly dropped the ruid, allowing untrusted users to send signals to AccountService, thus stopping it from handling D-Bus messages in a timely fashion.

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CVSS v3.1

3.3 LOW

EPSS

0.54%

probability of exploitation in 30 days

CISA KEV

Not listed

no confirmed exploitation reported

News coverage

sources referencing this CVE

Related IOCs

seen in the same coverage

CVSS v3.1 Detail

Attack VectorLOCAL

Attack ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

ScopeUNCHANGED

ConfidentialityNONE

IntegrityNONE

AvailabilityLOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Connections

2 relationships

CWE-269

source

Timeline

disclosure → media coverage

Nov 11, 2020

Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Nov 21, 2024

Public PoC (1)

github.com/zev3n/Ubuntu-Gnome-privilege-escalation

Unverified third-party code — review before executing.