Vulnerability in Michael Biebl Policykit
CVE-2011-4945
PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to "wheel" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (26.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Michael Biebl Policykit — versions 0.103
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/2 (mailing-list)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/policykit-1/0.104-2/05_revert-admin-…
- launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/0.103-1
- www.mail-archive.com/polkit-devel@lists.freedesktop.org/msg00327.html (mailing-list)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48817 (third-party-advisory)
- cgit.freedesktop.org/PolicyKit/commit/
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/1 (mailing-list)