CVE-2012-2095
The SetWiredProperty function in the D-Bus interface in WICD before 1.7.2 allows local users to write arbitrary configuration settings and gain privileges via a crafted property name in a dbus message.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
The SetWiredProperty function in the D-Bus interface in WICD before 1.7.2 allows local users to write arbitrary configuration settings and gain privileges via a crafted property name in a dbus message.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.80% probability · 56th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 12 April 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- david paleino/wicd · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.8% 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.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wicd-devel/wicd/experimental/revision/751
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668397
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079025.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079029.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079055.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48759Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49657Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18733Exploit
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-08.xml
- http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical-hacking-wicd-0day.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/11/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/11/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52987
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/979221
- https://launchpad.net/wicd/+announcement/9888
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wicd-devel/wicd/experimental/revision/751
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=668397
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079025.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079029.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079055.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48759Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49657Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18733Exploit
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201206-08.xml
- http://www.infosecinstitute.com/courses/ethical-hacking-wicd-0day.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/11/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/11/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52987
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/wicd/+bug/979221
- https://launchpad.net/wicd/+announcement/9888
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.