NetworkManager: Console user can escalate to root via newlines in ifcfg-rh connection name
Published Nov 4, 2011
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.46%
Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in the svEscape function in settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/shvar.c in the ifcfg-rh plug-in for GNOME NetworkManager 0.9.1, 0.9.0, 0.8.1, and possibly other versions, when PolicyKit is configured to allow users to create new connections, allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a newline character in the name for a new network connection, which is not properly handled when writing to the ifcfg file.
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
Running on/with
- 0.8.1
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
NetworkManager-1:0.8.1-9.el6_1.3
Fixed · RHSA-2011:1338
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
NetworkManager
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
NetworkManager
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | NetworkManager-1:0.8.1-9.el6_1.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:1338 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | NetworkManager | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | NetworkManager | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of NetworkManager as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5 as they did not include support for writing NetworkManager configurations to the standard /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-* files.
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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 | 0.46% (0.00455) | 37.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00485) | 37.74th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00057) | 15.12th | 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 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 31.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 40.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066828.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1338.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/cve-2011-3364-gnome-networkmanager-local-privilege-escalation/ x_refsource_MISCExploit
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3364 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737338 x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3364
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3364
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/066828.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:171 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1338.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/10/09/cve-2011-3364-gnome-networkmanager-local-privilege-escalation/ | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3364 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=737338 | x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3364 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3364 |
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