dde-daemon, the daemon process of DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) 15.0 through 15.3…
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
dde-daemon, the daemon process of DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment) 15.0 through 15.3, runs with root privileges and hardly does anything to identify the user who calls the function through D-Bus. Anybody can change the grub config, even to append some arguments to make a backdoor or privilege escalation, by calling DoWriteGrubSettings() provided by dde-daemon.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01268 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:deepin:deepin_desktop_environment:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 15.0 | Vulnerable | Deepin |
| cpe:2.3:a:deepin:deepin_desktop_environment:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 15.1 | Vulnerable | Deepin |
| cpe:2.3:a:deepin:deepin_desktop_environment:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 15.2 | Vulnerable | Deepin |
| cpe:2.3:a:deepin:deepin_desktop_environment:15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 15.3 | Vulnerable | Deepin |
- cpe:2.3:a:deepin:deepin_desktop_environment:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.0 Vulnerable ·Deepin
- cpe:2.3:a:deepin:deepin_desktop_environment:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1 Vulnerable ·Deepin
- cpe:2.3:a:deepin:deepin_desktop_environment:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.2 Vulnerable ·Deepin
- cpe:2.3:a:deepin:deepin_desktop_environment:15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.3 Vulnerable ·Deepin
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7622
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wrcc-cf36-c4mj
References
Sources
- CVE-2017-7622 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7622 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wrcc-cf36-c4mj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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