DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4945

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4945 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.5 HIGH

PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to "wheel" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0

8.5

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	policykit-1	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	policykit-1	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	policykit-1	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	policykit-1	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Oct 1, 2012 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4945 advisory

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