{"id":"CVE-2011-4945","details":"PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to \"wheel\" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:44:09.834065Z","published":"2012-10-01T23:55:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48817"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-06.xml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://cgit.freedesktop.org/PolicyKit/commit/?id=763faf434b445c20ae9529100d3ef5290976d0c9"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/policykit-1/0.104-2/05_revert-admin-identities-unix-group-wheel.patch"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.mail-archive.com/polkit-devel%40lists.freedesktop.org/msg00327.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=401513"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/0.103-1"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}