Description
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.
Published: 2009-12-23
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-4115 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-883-1 network-manager-applet vulnerabilities
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:54:09.603Z

Reserved: 2009-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4145

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-12-23T20:30:00.437

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-4145

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-4145 - Bugzilla

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