CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-7622

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

dde-daemon, the daemon process of DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) versions 15.0 through 15.3, runs with root privileges and hardly identifies the user calling the function through D-Bus. Anyone can change the grub config, potentially creating a backdoor or escalating privileges.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization is that unauthorized users can modify system settings, leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict permissions for dde-daemon and implement user authorization mechanisms for D-Bus usage.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

dde-daemon, the daemon process of DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) 15.0 through 15.3, runs with root privileges and hardly does anything to identify the user who calls the function through D-Bus. Anybody can change the grub config, even to append some arguments to make a backdoor or privilege escalation, by calling DoWriteGrubSettings() provided by dde-daemon.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS