NetworkManager: Did not honour PolicyKit auth_admin action element by creation of Ad-Hoc wireless networks
Published Sep 2, 2011
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.32%
Description
GNOME NetworkManager before 0.8.6 does not properly enforce the auth_admin element in PolicyKit, which allows local users to bypass intended wireless network sharing restrictions via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.8.4
- 0.2.0
- 0.3.0
- 0.3.1
- 0.4.1
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.1
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.6
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
NetworkManager-1:0.8.1-9.el6_1.1
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0930
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | NetworkManager-1:0.8.1-9.el6_1.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0930 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00324) | 23.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00324) | 23.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00054) | 14.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 67.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44858 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2176 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2176
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2176
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://cgit.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/plain/NEWS?h=NM_0_8 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063665.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/44858 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1025711 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0930.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2176 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=709662 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2176 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2176 |
Change history (0)
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