CVE-2012-1096
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.007 · 54 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
0.72% (54th) EPSS
CVSS 4.9 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
NetworkManager 0.9 and earlier allows local users to use other users' certificates or private keys when making a connection via the file path when adding a new connection.
01
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
5.5
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
02
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
03
exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-36887GNOME NetworkManager 0.x - Local Arbitrary File Accessfunctional · exploit_db
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affected products (5)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
05
also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
06
sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
08
references (19)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/02/3cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1096cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=793329cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1096cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1096cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1096cnnvd
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1096cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/02/3enisa_euvd
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