CVE-2012-0813

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-06-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

Wicd before 1.7.1 saves sensitive information in log files in /var/log/wicd, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain passwords and other sensitive information.

Affected products

David Paleino Wicd: through 1.7.1; 1.2.7, 1.3.1, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5.0 (+14)

References

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wicd-devel/wicd/experimental/revision/682
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=652417
http://secunia.com/advisories/49657
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-08.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/26/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/26/14
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51703
https://launchpad.net/wicd/+announcement/9570
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~wicd-devel/wicd/experimental/revision/682
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=652417
http://secunia.com/advisories/49657
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-08.xml

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