CVE-2009-0489

N/A Unknown
Published: February 09, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

The DBus configuration file for Wicd before 1.5.9 allows arbitrary users to own org.wicd.daemon, which allows local users to receive messages that were intended for the Wicd daemon, possibly including credentials.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wicd-devel/wicd/trunk/revision/222
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/33870
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/34685
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-12.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=194573&release_id=659059
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/06/4
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wicd-devel/wicd/trunk/revision/222
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/33870
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/34685
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-12.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=194573&release_id=659059
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/06/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
22th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-16

Affected Vendors

david_paleino

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