CVE-2014-8651

Summary

CVECVE-2014-8651
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-06 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-07 03:01:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kde Kde-workspace All All All All
Application Kde Plasma-desktop All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: kde-workspace-4.11.14-1.fc20 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Privilege Escalation via KDE Clock KCM polkit helper MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: kde-workspace-4.11.14-1.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: Privilege Escalation via KDE Clock KCM polkit helper MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: kde-workspace-4.11.14-1.fc19 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-2402-1: KDE workspace vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt CONFIRM www.kde.org Vendor Advisory
KDE Workspace Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
KDE Systemsettings: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201512-12) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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