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CVE-2009-0489
The DBus configuration file for Wicd before 1.5.9 allows arbitrary users to own org.wicd.daemon, which allows local users to receive…
Low2.1EPSS 0.33%
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- mitre
Description
The DBus configuration file for Wicd before 1.5.9 allows arbitrary users to own org.wicd.daemon, which allows local users to receive messages that were intended for the Wicd daemon, possibly including credentials.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- GLSA-200904-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 34685 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=194573&release_id=659059 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090206 CVE Request - Wicd <= 1.5.8 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 33870 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wicd-devel/wicd/trunk/revision/222 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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