CVE-2018-16262

moderate-risk
Published 2020-01-22

The pkgmgr system service in Tizen allows an unprivileged process to perform package management actions, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. Such actions include installing, decrypting, and killing other packages. This affects Tizen before 5.0 M1, and Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.

Do I need to act?

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0.22% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10 High
ADJACENT_NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (16)

Tizen
Tizen
Tizen
Tizen
Tizen
Tizen
Tizen
Tizen
Tizen
Tizen
Tizen
Tizen
Tizen
Tizen
Tizen
Tizen

Affected Vendors

46
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 27/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate