CVE-2009-4145
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
nm-connection-editor in NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.x exports connection objects over D-Bus upon actions in the connection editor GUI, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading D-Bus signals, as demonstrated by using dbus-monitor to discover the password for the WiFi network.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4115)
- Published
- December 23, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4115 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / networkmanager
References
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=56d87fcb86acb5359558e0a2ee702cfc0c3391f2(Patch)
- http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=8627880e07c8345f69ed639325280c7f62a8f894(Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37819(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38420
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/16/3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0108.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37580
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546117(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54898
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10539
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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