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CVE-2019-3827

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-3827 describes an incorrect permission check in the admin backend of gnome gvfs versions prior to 1.39.4. This vulnerability allows privileged users to read and modify arbitrary files without password authentication if no authentication agent is running. Rated 7.0 HIGH, successful exploitation requires a low-privileged user, high attack complexity, and an uncommon system configuration, but can lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.39.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gvfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 1,525 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gvfs-0:1.36.2-3.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gvfs-0:1.36.2-2.el8_0.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-3827Moderate

gvfs: Incorrect authorization in admin backend allows privileged users to read and modify arbitrary files without prompting for password

Dec 27, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:1517
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2145
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
gitlab.gnome.org / GNOME/gvfs/merge_requests/31
PatchVendor Advisory