CVE-2017-8422 (GCVE-0-2017-8422)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-17 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e9… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f7… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
Date Public
2017-05-10 00:00
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