Medium severity · published Mar 10, 2020
CVE-2012-1096
NetworkManager 0.9 and earlier allows local users to use other users' certificates or private keys when making a connection via the file path when adding a new connection
5.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
NetworkManager 0.9 and earlier allows local users to use other users' certificates or private keys when making a connection via the file path when adding a new connection.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
NE
Networkmanager · Gnome
through 0.9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1096
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1096
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/02/3
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1096
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=793329
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1096
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1096
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1096
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