CVE-2012-3524

Freedesktop Libdbus < 1.5.12 - Access Control

Title source: rule

Description

libdbus 1.5.x and earlier, when used in setuid or other privileged programs in X.org and possibly other products, allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary code via the DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable. NOTE: libdbus maintainers state that this is a vulnerability in the applications that do not cleanse environment variables, not in libdbus itself: "we do not support use of libdbus in setuid binaries that do not sanitize their environment before their first call into libdbus."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Sebastian Krahmer · clocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21323

Scores

EPSS 0.5238
EPSS Percentile 97.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (7)
freedesktop/libdbus 1.5.0
freedesktop/libdbus 1.5.2
freedesktop/libdbus 1.5.4
freedesktop/libdbus 1.5.6
freedesktop/libdbus 1.5.8
freedesktop/libdbus 1.5.10
freedesktop/libdbus < 1.5.12
Published Sep 18, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026