{"cve":"CVE-2011-4945","nvd":{"published":"2012-10-01T23:55:00.800","modified":"2026-06-16T23:35:40.270","status":"Modified","description":"PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to \"wheel\" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://cgit.freedesktop.org/PolicyKit/commit/?id=763faf434b445c20ae9529100d3ef5290976d0c9","http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/policykit-1/0.104-2/05_revert-admin-identities-unix-group-wheel.patch","http://secunia.com/advisories/48817","http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml","http://www.mail-archive.com/polkit-devel%40lists.freedesktop.org/msg00327.html"],"products":["michael_biebl:policykit"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:25:53.526315492+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-4945","score":0.00352,"percentile":0.28836,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}