CVE-2012-1096

Publication date 10 March 2020

Last updated 16 December 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
network-manager	26.04 LTS resolute	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	25.10 questing	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	25.04 plucky	Ignored end of life, was deferred
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was deferred
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was deferred
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was deferred
	22.10 kinetic	Ignored end of life, was deferred
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	21.10 impish	Ignored end of life
	21.04 hirsute	Ignored end of life
	20.10 groovy	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	19.10 eoan	Ignored end of life
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable, fix deferred
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life, was deferred
	14.10 utopic	Ignored end of life, was deferred
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	13.10 saucy	Ignored end of life, was deferred
	13.04 raring	Ignored end of life, was deferred
	12.10 quantal	Ignored end of life, was deferred
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
	11.10 oneiric	Ignored end of life, was deferred
	11.04 natty	Ignored end of life, was deferred
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

tyhicks

Reproducer in the oss-security CVE request

mdeslaur

doesn't seem to have a fix yet as of 2024-10-04 as it is not considered to be a security issue by upstream See CVE-2025-9615

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N