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CVE-2017-8422

KDE kdelibs before 4.14.32 and KAuth before 5.34 allow local users to gain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a privileged helper app.

Published

2017-05-17T14:29:00.387

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-290

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	kde	kauth	≤ 5.33	Yes
Application	kde	kdelibs	≤ 4.14.31	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480 ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a Patch ([email protected])
https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab Patch ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/ ([email protected])
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)