CVE-2012-2095 EXPLOIT
6.9
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.8% (pctl 55)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The SetWiredProperty function in the D-Bus interface in WICD before 1.7.2 allows local users to write arbitrary configuration settings and gain privileges via a crafted property name in a dbus message.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.9 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 0.8% — more likely to be exploited than 55% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-04-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| david paleino | wicd |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WICD 1.7.1 - Local Privilege Escalation | 2012-04-12 |
References
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wicd-devel/wicd/experimental/revision/751
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668397
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079025.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079029.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079055.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48759
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49657
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18733
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-08.xml
- http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical-hacking-wicd-0day.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/11/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/11/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52987
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/979221
- https://launchpad.net/wicd/+announcement/9888
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wicd-devel/wicd/experimental/revision/751
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668397
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079025.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079029.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079055.html
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