CVE-2011-4945
Published Oct 1, 2012
Last updated 2 years ago
Overview
- Description
- PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to "wheel" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.9
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-264
Configurations
[ { "nodes": [ { "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:michael_biebl:policykit:0.103:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "BCE41E05-00E9-4E9B-8489-56589B10C16E" } ], "operator": "OR" } ] } ]