CVE-2011-2176

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Sep 2, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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