CVE-2019-12795

daemon/gvfsdaemon.c in gvfsd from GNOME gvfs before 1.38.3, 1.40.x before 1.40.2, and 1.41.x before 1.41.3 opened a private D-Bus server socket without configuring an authorization rule. A local attacker could connect to this server socket and issue D-Bus method calls. (Note that the server socket only accepts a single connection, so the attacker would have to discover the server and connect to the socket before its owner does.)

Published: 2019-06-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-12795 is rated Moderate Risk (42.1/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.39%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-12795

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 2026-06-15 0.08% 0.39% +0.30%
2 2025-06-19 0.05% 0.08% +0.04%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-12795

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]
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-2019-12795

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-12795

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2019-12795: 1 source package rows (gvfs); 7 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-12795
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-12795 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gvfs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12795
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12795
suse medium CVE-2019-12795 severity moderate: SUSE including 191 source package names (SDL-1.2.15-35.el8, SDL-devel-1.2.15-35.el8, …), 389 product×package rows across 44 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7, … (44 product lines)): Fixed 225, Known Not Affected 164. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12795/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-12795 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gvfs), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12795

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-12795

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome gvfs < 1.38.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gvfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gvfs >= 1.40.0, < 1.40.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gvfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gvfs >= 1.41.0, < 1.41.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gvfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-12795

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00009.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108741
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3553
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/70dbfc68a79faac49bd3423e079cb6902522082a Patch Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d8c9138bf240975848b1c54db648ec4cd516a48f Patch Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/e3808a1b4042761055b1d975333a8243d67b8bfe Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00014.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FP6BFQUPQRVRRFIYHFWWB6RHJNEB4LGQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M2DQVOL5H5BVLXYCEB763DCIYJQ7ZUQ2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4053-1/
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