CVE-2019-14822

ibus: missing authorization allows local attacker to access the input bus of another user

Published Nov 25, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was discovered in ibus in versions before 1.5.22 that allows any unprivileged user to monitor and send method calls to the ibus bus of another user due to a misconfiguration in the DBus server setup. A local attacker may use this flaw to intercept all keystrokes of a victim user who is using the graphical interface, change the input method engine, or modify other input related configurations of the victim user.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4525-1 ibus security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-5950 A flaw was discovered in ibus in versions before 1.5.22 that allows any unprivileged user to monitor and send method calls to the ibus bus of another user due to a misconfiguration in the DBus server setup. A local attacker may use this flaw to intercept all keystrokes of a victim user who is using the graphical interface, change the input method engine, or modify other input related configurations of the victim user.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4134-1 IBus vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4134-3 IBus vulnerability
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 12:26 AM
Reserved
Aug 10, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 25, 2019, 12:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:19 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 13, 2019, 7:00 AM