Auth bypass in Ibus Project
CVE-2019-14822
A flaw was discovered in ibus in versions before 1.5.22 that allows any unprivileged user to monitor and send method calls to the ibus bus of another user due to a misconfiguration in the DBus server setup. A local attacker may use this flaw to intercept all keystrokes of a victim user who is using the graphical interface, change the input method engine, or modify other input related configurations of the victim user.
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
EPSS: 0.004 (29.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Ibus_project Ibus
- Oracle Zfs_storage_appliance_kit — versions 8.8
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 19.10
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- N/a Ibus — versions ibus versions before 1.5.22
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-14822?
- CVE-2019-14822 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibus Project, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2019-11-25.
- How severe is CVE-2019-14822?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-14822 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.