Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-4145

Title: Gnome Networkmanager Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-4145.

CWE Category CWE-200

Published Date Dec 23, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.38%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-4145: nm-connection-editor in NetworkManager (NM) 0.7.x exports connection objects over D-Bus upon actions in the connection editor GUI, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading D-Bus signals, as demonstrated by using dbus-monitor to discover the password for the WiFi network.

Impacted Vendors

redhat 1

gnome 1

networkmanager_project 1

Reference Links

http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=56d87fcb86acb5359558e0a2ee702cfc0c3391f2 http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=8627880e07c8345f69ed639325280c7f62a8f894 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/37819 http://secunia.com/advisories/38420 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/16/3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0108.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37580 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546117 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54898 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10539 http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=56d87fcb86acb5359558e0a2ee702cfc0c3391f2 http://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-applet/commit/?h=NETWORKMANAGER_APPLET_0_7&id=8627880e07c8345f69ed639325280c7f62a8f894 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/37819 http://secunia.com/advisories/38420 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/16/3 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0108.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37580 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=546117 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54898 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10539

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-4145 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 23, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.