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 0.04% · 12.2th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.04%
12.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| michael_biebl | policykit | 0.103 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Exploit Intelligence
- [oss-security] 20120327 Re: CVE Request: PolicyKit change allows users in "wheel" group to become root without a password (circl)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401513 (circl)
- http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/policykit-1/0.104-2/05_revert-admin-identities-unix-group-wheel.patch (circl)
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/0.103-1 (circl)
- [polkit-devel] 20111206 polkit 0.103 (circl)
- GLSA-201204-06 (circl)
- 48817 (circl)
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/PolicyKit/commit/?id=763faf434b445c20ae9529100d3ef5290976d0c9 (circl)
- [oss-security] 20120327 CVE Request: PolicyKit change allows users in "wheel" group to become root without a password (circl)
Timeline
- Oct 1, 2012 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 17, 2022 CVE Updated
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401513 technical
- [oss-security] 20120327 Re: CVE Request: PolicyKit change allows users in "wheel" group to become root without a password mailing-list
- http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/policykit-1/0.104-2/05_revert-admin-identities-unix-group-wheel.patch url
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/0.103-1 url
- [polkit-devel] 20111206 polkit 0.103 mailing-list
- GLSA-201204-06 vendor-advisory
- 48817 third-party-advisory
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/PolicyKit/commit/?id=763faf434b445c20ae9529100d3ef5290976d0c9 url
- [oss-security] 20120327 CVE Request: PolicyKit change allows users in "wheel" group to become root without a password mailing-list
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4945 advisory
- http://www.mail-archive.com/polkit-devel@lists.freedesktop.org/msg00327.html url