CVE-2008-0595

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.

Published: 2008-02-29 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0595 is rated Low Risk (25.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0595

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-16 0.05% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2025-03-30 0.06% 0.05% -0.01%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0595

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0595

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-0595

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-0595 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dbus), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0595
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0595
suse medium CVE-2008-0595 severity moderate: SUSE including 47 source package names (dbus-1, dbus-1-1.12.20-5.5, …), 53 product×package rows across 14 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3, … (14 product lines)): Fixed 41, Known Not Affected 12. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0595/
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-0595 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dbus), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, upstream): released 4, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0595

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0595

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fedoraproject fedora 7 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2007 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2007.0_x86_64 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007.0_x86_64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2007.1 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2007.1 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2007.1:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2008.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mandrakesoft mandrake_linux 2008.0 cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 5 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:client_workstation:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus < 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freedesktop dbus >= 1.1.0, < 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0595

URL Tags
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2008-February/009401.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29148 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29160 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29171 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29173 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29281 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29323 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30869 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32281 Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019512 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099 Third Party Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1599 Third Party Advisory
http://www.j5live.com/2008/02/27/announce-d-bus-1120-conisten-water-released/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:054 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0159.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489280/100/0/threaded Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28023 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0694 Broken Link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2282 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9353 Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00893.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00911.html Third Party Advisory
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