CVE-2009-0578
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
GNOME NetworkManager before 0.7.0.99 does not properly verify privileges for dbus (1) modify and (2) delete requests, which allows local users to change or remove the network connections of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors related to org.freedesktop.NetworkManagerUserSettings and at_console.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0582)
- 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-2009-0582 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- 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/34473
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0361.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33966
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021909
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-727-1(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487752
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49063
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8931
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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