CVE-2019-12449 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2019-12449?

CVE-2019-12449 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 May 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An issue was discovered in GNOME gvfs 1.29.4 through 1.41.2. daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c mishandles a file's user and group ownership during move (and copy with G_FILE_COPY_ALL_METADATA) operations from admin:// to file:// URIs, because root privileges are unavailable.

Weakness: CWE-755

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12449?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnome Gvfs, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12449?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-12449 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12449 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-12449, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12449, GHSA-cvf3-3jj2-mv9f, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12449.