CVE-2012-2095 (GCVE-0-2012-2095)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-07 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:26
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Summary
The SetWiredProperty function in the D-Bus interface in WICD before 1.7.2 allows local users to write arbitrary configuration settings and gain privileges via a crafted property name in a dbus message.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2012-04-11 00:00
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T12:33:58+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2012-2095",
      "id": "CVE-2012-2095",
      "initial_release_date": "2012-04-11T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "wicd: broken filtering leads to arbitrary code execution",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2012/cve-2012-2095.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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