CVE-2009-0489 describes a vulnerability in Wicd before version 1.5.9 where its DBus configuration file improperly allows arbitrary users to own org.wicd.daemon. This flaw enables local users to intercept messages intended for the Wicd daemon, potentially exposing sensitive information like credentials. With a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), the vulnerability requires local access and has a potential impact of partial confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:david_paleino:wicd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:david_paleino:wicd:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:david_paleino:wicd:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:david_paleino:wicd:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:david_paleino:wicd:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.