CVE-2011-4945: Michael Biebl Policykit

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

PolicyKit 0.103 sets the AdminIdentities to "wheel" by default, which allows local users in the wheel group to gain root privileges without authentication.

Affected products

• Michael Biebl Policykit: version 0.103 only

Published 2012-10-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.