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CVE-2011-2176

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.8.6 does not properly enforce the auth_admin element in PolicyKit, which allows local user

GNOME NetworkManager before 0.8.6 does not properly enforce the auth_admin element in PolicyKit, which allows local users to bypass intended wireless network sharing restrictions via unspecified vectors.

LOW · CVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.00054
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-287Improper Authentication
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Affected Products & Versions

2
gnome networkmanager<= 0.8.4
gnome networkmanagerall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

2.1
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD02 Sep 2011 · 11:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
rhsaRHSA-2011:0930Moderate
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44858
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html
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