Is CVE-2008-0595 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-0595 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-0595?

CVE-2008-0595 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.6 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-0595

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

dbus-daemon in D-Bus before 1.0.3, and 1.1.x before 1.1.20, recognizes send_interface attributes in allow directives in the security policy only for fully qualified method calls, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a method call with a NULL interface.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.6 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-863
EPSS score: 0.4% (35th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-0605)
Published: February 29, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0605 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

fedoraproject / fedora
freedesktop / dbus
mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
mandrakesoft / mandrake linux
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux

Certified products that may be affected

7 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v4.0 [1] and Red Hat Enterprise Linux libgcrypt Cryptographic Module v5.0 [2] - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2657 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1385 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSwan Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1386 - historical
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1387 - historical

See all 7 in the Security Certifications Explorer.

References

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dbus/2008-February/009401.html(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00004.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-10/msg00094.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29148(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29160(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29171(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29173(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29281(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29323(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30869(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32281(Broken Link)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019512(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099(Third Party Advisory)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0099(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1599(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.j5live.com/2008/02/27/announce-d-bus-1120-conisten-water-released/(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:054(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0159.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489280/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28023(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-653-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0694(Broken Link)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2282(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9353(Broken Link)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00893.html(Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00911.html(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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