High severity · published Jan 24, 2025
CVE-2025-23222
An issue was discovered in Deepin dde-api-proxy through 1.0.19 in which unprivileged users can access D-Bus services as root
8.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Deepin dde-api-proxy through 1.0.19 in which unprivileged users can access D-Bus services as root. Specifically, dde-api-proxy runs as root and forwards messages from arbitrary local users to legacy D-Bus methods in the actual D-Bus services, and the actual D-Bus services don't know about the proxy situation (they believe that root is asking them to do things). Consequently several proxied methods, that shouldn't be accessible to non-root users, are accessible to non-root users. In situations where Polkit is involved, the caller would be treated as admin, resulting in a similar escalation of privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DD
dde-api-proxy · Deepin
through 1.0.19 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23222
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23222
bugzilla.suse.com
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1229918
security.opensuse.org
https://security.opensuse.org/2025/01/24/dde-api-proxy-privilege-escalation.html
www.openwall.com
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/01/24/3
