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NVD Vulnerability Details :

CVE-2017-8422

Deferred

Source-cve@mitre.org

Published At-17 May, 2017 | 14:29

Updated At-20 Apr, 2025 | 01:37

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.

Date Added	Due Date	Vulnerability Name	Required Action
	N/A

Metrics

Type	Version	Base score	Base severity	Vector
Primary	3.0	7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary	2.0	7.2	HIGH	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CPE Matches

KDE

>>kauth>>Versions up to 5.33(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:kde:kauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

KDE

>>kdelibs>>Versions up to 4.14.31(inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weaknesses

CWE ID	Type	Source
CWE-290	Primary	nvd@nist.gov

References

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

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