CVE-2018-16267 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2018-16267?

CVE-2018-16267 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The system-popup system service in Tizen allows an unprivileged process to perform popup-related system actions, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. Such actions include the triggering system poweroff menu, and prompting a popup with arbitrary strings. This affects Tizen before 5.0 M1, and Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16267?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux Tizen.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16267?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-16267 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2018-16267 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16267 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2021-25434 Code injection in Tizen wearable devices Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-25435 Code injection in Tizen wearable devices Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-25436 Code injection in Tizen wearable devices Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-25437 Missing authorization in Tizen wearable devices Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-16262 Privilege escalation in n/a High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-75cx-mgvw-f42h.