CVE-2009-0365
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD
nm-applet.conf in GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 contains an incorrect deny setting, which allows local users to discover (1) network connection passwords and (2) pre-shared keys via calls to the GetSecrets method in the dbus request handler.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (66th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0369)
- Published
- March 5, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0369 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ubuntu / ubuntu linux
- ubuntu / ubuntu linux
- ubuntu / ubuntu linux
- ubuntu / ubuntu linux
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34067
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34177
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34473
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021910
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021911
- http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/network-manager-applet/trunk/nm-applet.conf?r1=1133&r2=1207&pathrev=1207
- http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/network-manager-applet?view=revision&revision=1207
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1955
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0361.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0362.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33966(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021908
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-727-1(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-727-2(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487722
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487752
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49062
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10828
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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