CVE-2017-7622 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in dde-daemon, the daemon process for Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE) versions 15.0 through 15.3. The daemon, running with root privileges, fails to adequately verify user identity when handling D-Bus calls, allowing any authenticated user to modify the GRUB configuration, potentially leading to backdoor creation or further privilege escalation. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8 due to its network-accessible, low-complexity attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:deepin:deepin_desktop_environment:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:deepin:deepin_desktop_environment:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:deepin:deepin_desktop_environment:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:deepin:deepin_desktop_environment:15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.