Vigil@nce - GNOME Bluetooth: privilege escalation via BlueZ Visibility
March 2019 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/offer/Computer-vulnerability-database-and-alert
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Ubuntu.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, data reading, data
creation/edition.
Provenance: radio connection.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 15/01/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via BlueZ Visibility of GNOME
Bluetooth, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/GNOME-Bluetooth-privilege-escalation-via-BlueZ-Visibility-28270