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ubuntu-cve-2014-8651

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-11-07 00:00

Modified

2026-04-22 07:37

Summary

Details

The KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in kde-workspace before 4.11.14 and plasma-desktop before 5.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ntpUtility (ntp utility name) argument.

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8651	REPORT
	https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/120977/	REPORT
	https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-201411…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2402-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8651	REPORT

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CVE-2014-8651 (GCVE-0-2014-8651)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:26

Summary

The KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in kde-workspace before 4.11.14 and plasma-desktop before 5.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ntpUtility (ntp utility name) argument.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

9 references

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-201411…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70904	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Date Public

2014-11-04 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.

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Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2014-8651 (GCVE-0-2014-8651)

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