CVE-2012-2095

Summary

CVECVE-2012-2095
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-07 15:55:00 UTC
Updated2014-04-08 14:52:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

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 1.5.8 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.5.9 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.6.0 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.6.2 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.7.0 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.7.1 beta3 All All
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 1.5.8 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.5.9 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.6.0 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.6.2 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.7.0 All All All
Application David Paleino Wicd 1.7.1 beta3 All All
Application David Paleino Wicd All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 15 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 15 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1.7.2 released : wicd CONFIRM launchpad.net
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: wicd-1.7.0-12.fc15 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug #979221 “priv escalation exploit for wicd possible” : Bugs : wicd CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Wicd: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org
~wicd-devel/wicd/experimental : revision 751 CONFIRM bazaar.launchpad.net
oss-security - CVE id request: wicd MLIST www.openwall.com
Ethical Hacking Training, CEH v7 - InfoSec Institute MISC www.infosecinstitute.com
Wicd 'SetWirelessProperty()' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: wicd-1.7.2.1-1.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: wicd MLIST www.openwall.com
#668397 - wicd: Local privilege escalation - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: wicd-1.7.0-13.fc16 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
wicd Local Privilege Esclation Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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