CVE-2011-2176
Status: ModifiedLow (2.1)—
GNOME NetworkManager before 0.8.6 does not properly enforce the auth_admin element in PolicyKit, which allows local users to bypass intended wireless network sharing restrictions via unspecified vectors.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Base score: 2.1
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.32%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 23
- Score date: 10/3/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-287
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44858
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44858
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662
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