CVE-2009-4145

Published: Dec 23, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-200

2.1LOW

NVD MITRE

Description

nm-connection-editor in NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.x exports connection objects over D-Bus upon actions in the connection editor GUI, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading D-Bus signals, as demonstrated by using dbus-monitor to discover the password for the WiFi network.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:NIntegrity

None

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

The CentOS Project

oss-project·USaka centos

CentOSOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

gnome

oss-project·USaka gnome project, glib

networkmanagerOn-prem

Consumer Software / file-utility

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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique

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References

http://lwn.net/Alerts/375850

lwn.net

http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=56d87fcb86acb5359558e0a2ee702cfc0c3391f2

git.gnome.org

http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=8627880e07c8345f69ed639325280c7f62a8f894

git.gnome.org

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