CVE-2020-16126 LOW

CVE-2020-16126: accountsservice drops ruid, allows unprivileged users to send it signals

Vendor Freedesktop
Product accountsservice
Weakness CWE-269
Published November 11, 2020
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

3.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

An Ubuntu-specific modification to AccountsService in versions before 0.6.55-0ubuntu13.2, among other earlier versions, improperly dropped the ruid, allowing untrusted users to send signals to AccountService, thus stopping it from handling D-Bus messages in a timely fashion.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 11, 2020 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated