The system-popup system service in Tizen allows an unprivileged process to perform popup-related system actions, due to improper D-Bus security policy configurations. Such actions include the triggering system poweroff menu, and prompting a popup with arbitrary strings. This affects Tizen before 5.0 M1, and Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.
This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.1, indicating it requires adjacent network access with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 2 products from linux, from samsung organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Reported in 2020, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.
2020-01-22T13:15:10.410
2024-11-21T03:52:25.113
Modified
CVSSv3.1: 8.1 (HIGH)
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
6.5
4.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 1.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 1.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 2.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 2.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 2.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 2.2.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 2.3 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 2.3.1 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 2.4 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 3.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 3.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 3.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 4.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 4.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 4.0 | Yes |
| Operating System | linux | tizen | 5.0 | Yes |
| Hardware | samsung | galaxy_gear | - | No |
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