Description
A flaw was found in PackageKit in the way some of the methods exposed by the Transaction interface examines files. This issue allows a local user to measure the time the methods take to execute and know whether a file owned by root or other users exists.
Published: 2022-06-28
Score: 3.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-15981 A flaw was found in PackageKit in the way some of the methods exposed by the Transaction interface examines files. This issue allows a local user to measure the time the methods take to execute and know whether a file owned by root or other users exists.
History

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00113}

epss

{'score': 0.00041}


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Packagekit Project Packagekit
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-08T21:14:00.039Z

Reserved: 2022-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-0987

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T23:47:42.975Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-06-28T17:15:08.163

Modified: 2026-10-08T22:17:15.070

Link: CVE-2022-0987

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-03-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-0987 - Bugzilla

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