VDB
CVE-2011-4945
CVE-2011-4945
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to "wheel" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.
EPSS 0.35% · 27.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.35%
27.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| michael_biebl | policykit | 0.103 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Oct 1, 2012 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- [oss-security] 20120327 Re: CVE Request: PolicyKit change allows users in "wheel" group to become root without a password mailing-list
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/0.103-1 url
- 48817 third-party-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4945 advisory
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/PolicyKit/commit/?id=763faf434b445c20ae9529100d3ef5290976d0c9 url
- http://www.mail-archive.com/polkit-devel%40lists.freedesktop.org/msg00327.html url
- http://www.mail-archive.com/polkit-devel@lists.freedesktop.org/msg00327.html url
- http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/policykit-1/0.104-2/05_revert-admin-identities-unix-group-wheel.patch technical
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/1 technical
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401513 technical
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml technical