Description
nm-applet.conf in GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 contains an incorrect deny setting, which allows local users to discover (1) network connection passwords and (2) pre-shared keys via calls to the GetSecrets method in the dbus request handler.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- single
- Confidentiality
- complete
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- UBUNTU
- Published
- 3/5/2009
- Last Modified
- 4/9/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
ubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linux
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