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CVE-2012-1096

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-03-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-295

Description

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
• GNOME NetworkManager: through 0.9.0

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/02/3
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1096
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=793329
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1096
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1096
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1096
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/02/3
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1096
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=793329
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1096
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-1096
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1096

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