CVE-2014-8651

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8651
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-06 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: kde-workspace-4.11.14-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: Privilege Escalation via KDE Clock KCM polkit helper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Privilege Escalation via KDE Clock KCM polkit helper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org Vendor Advisory
USN-2402-1: KDE workspace vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: kde-workspace-4.11.14-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
KDE Workspace Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: kde-workspace-4.11.14-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
KDE Systemsettings: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201512-12) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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