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CVE-2012-2095

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Description

The SetWiredProperty function in the D-Bus interface in WICD before 1.7.2 allows local users to write arbitrary configuration settings and gain privileges via a crafted property name in a dbus message.

References

https://launchpad.net/wicd/+announcement/9888

https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/979221

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52987

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/11/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/11/2

http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical-hacking-wicd-0day.html

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-08.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/49657

http://secunia.com/advisories/48759

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079055.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079029.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079025.html

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668397

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wicd-devel/wicd/experimental/revision/751

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-04-07

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00582

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