CVE-2012-2095

CVE-2012-2095 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in WICD versions prior to 1.7.2, affecting products like Fedora and david_paleino wicd. An attacker can exploit a flaw in the SetWiredProperty function of the D-Bus interface by crafting a malicious property name in a D-Bus message, allowing them to write arbitrary configuration settings. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a local attack vector and medium complexity. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-18733) exists, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.