CVE-2011-3364
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the svEscape function in settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c in the ifcfg-rh plug-in for GNOME NetworkManager 0.9.1, 0.9.0, 0.8.1, and possibly other versions, when PolicyKit is configured to allow users to create new…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the svEscape function in settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c in the ifcfg-rh plug-in for GNOME NetworkManager 0.9.1, 0.9.0, 0.8.1, and possibly other versions, when PolicyKit is configured to allow users to create new connections, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a newline character in the name for a new network connection, which is not properly handled when writing to the ifcfg file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnome/ifcfg-rh plug-in
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066828.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1338.html
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/cve-2011-3364-gnome-networkmanager-local-privilege-escalation/Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737338Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066828.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1338.html
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/cve-2011-3364-gnome-networkmanager-local-privilege-escalation/Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737338Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.