CVE-2011-4945

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    CVE-2011-4945

    Published: 1 Oct 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

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

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/48817, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml, 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, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/2, https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401513, https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/0.103-1

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High