CVE-2017-8422

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-8422
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-05-17 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 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

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-290 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3849-1 kde4libs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
KDE KAuth CVE-2017-8422 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
KAuth and KDELibs: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201706-29) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
KDE 4/5 - 'KAuth' Local Privilege Escalation - Linux local Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
KDE kauth and kdelibs Logic Flaw Lets Local Users Obtain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.kde.org Patch
kauth.git - KAuth af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cgit.kde.org Patch
oss-security - generic kde LPE af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 1449647 – CVE-2017-8422 kauth: service invoking dbus is not properly checked and allows local privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 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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