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CVE-2011-4945Date: (C)2012-10-01   (M)2023-12-22


PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to "wheel" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.

CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -

CVSS V2 Severity:
CVSS Score : 6.9
Exploit Score: 3.4
Impact Score: 10.0
 
CVSS V2 Metrics:
Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE
  
Reference:
SECUNIA-48817
GLSA-201204-06
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/2
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/PolicyKit/commit/?id=763faf434b445c20ae9529100d3ef5290976d0c9
http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/policykit-1/0.104-2/05_revert-admin-identities-unix-group-wheel.patch
http://www.mail-archive.com/polkit-devel%40lists.freedesktop.org/msg00327.html
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401513
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/0.103-1

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