CVE-2017-8422

Summary

CVECVE-2017-8422
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-17 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionKDE 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-290

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kde Kauth All All All All
Application Kde Kdelibs All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - generic kde LPE MLIST www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
KDE kauth and kdelibs Logic Flaw Lets Local Users Obtain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
KDE 4/5 - 'KAuth' Local Privilege Escalation - Linux local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
KAuth and KDELibs: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201706-29) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
kauth.git - KAuth CONFIRM cgit.kde.org Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3849-1 kde4libs DEBIAN www.debian.org
cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit CONFIRM cgit.kde.org Patch
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt CONFIRM www.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
KDE KAuth CVE-2017-8422 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Bug 1449647 – CVE-2017-8422 kauth: service invoking dbus is not properly checked and allows local privilege escalation CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378196 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for kdelibs-common (VZLSA-2017:1264)
  • 710547 Gentoo Linux KAuth and KDELibs Privilege escalation Vulnerability (GLSA 201706-29)
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