What is CVE-2018-16262?

CVE-2018-16262 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Tizen, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-16262?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Linux Tizen

CVE-2018-16262

The pkgmgr system service in Tizen allows an unprivileged process to perform package management actions, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. Such actions include installing, decrypting, and killing other packages. This af…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.008 (51.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux Tizen — versions 1.0, 2.0, 2.1
Samsung Galaxy_gear
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16262?: CVE-2018-16262 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Tizen, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-16262?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.