CVE-2009-0489

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0489
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-02-09 20:30:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe DBus configuration file for Wicd before 1.5.9 allows arbitrary users to own org.wicd.daemon, which allows local users to receive messages that were intended for the Wicd daemon, possibly including credentials.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-16 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.2.7 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.3.1 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.4.0 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.4.1 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.4.2 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.5.0 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.5.1 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.5.2 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.5.3 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.5.4 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.5.5 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.5.6 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.5.7 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Wicd: Information disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Wicd D-Bus Configuration Information Disclosure Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bazaar.launchpad.net
Gentoo update for wicd - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SourceForge.net: wicd: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
oss-security - CVE Request - Wicd <= 1.5.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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