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CVE-2010-1172

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1172 describes a vulnerability in DBus-GLib 0.73 where it fails to enforce access restrictions on exported GObject properties, allowing local users to modify them. This flaw affects freedesktop dbus-glib and could lead to a bypass of intended access controls and potential denial of service, as demonstrated with DeviceKit-Power, NetworkManager, and ModemManager services. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.6, indicating a low severity with local access, low attack complexity, and partial impact on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.73CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:dbus-glib:0.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.6LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: dbus-glib-0:0.73-10.el5_5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: NetworkManager-1:0.7.0-10.el5_5.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-1172Moderate

dbus-glib: property access not validated

Aug 10, 2010

References

cgit.freedesktop.org / dbus/dbus-glib/commit
kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-11/msg00006.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/40908
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/40925
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/42397
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/61041
support.avaya.com / css/P8/documents/100113103
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0616.html
securityfocus.com / bid/42347
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2063
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3097