CVE-2017-8422

7.8 HIGH

Published: May 17, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch

https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849