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    CVE-2014-5033

    KDE kdelibs before 4.14 and kauth before 5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, related to CVE-2013-4288 and "PID reuse race conditions."

    Published:Mar 24, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Aug 19, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.00034
    CVSS Score:6.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Kde4libs
    Vendor
    Kde
    Product
    Kauth
    Vendor
    Kde
    Product
    Kdelibs
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=e4e7b53b71e2659adaf52691d4accc3594203b23http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=e4e7b53b71e2659adaf52691d4accc3594203b23

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00012.html
    http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kauth.git&a=commit&h=341b7d84b6d9c03cf56905cb277b47e11c81482a
    http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=e4e7b53b71e2659adaf52691d4accc3594203b23
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1359.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/60385
    http://secunia.com/advisories/60633
    http://secunia.com/advisories/60654
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3004
    http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140730-1.txt
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2304-1
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00012.html
    http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kauth.git&a=commit&h=341b7d84b6d9c03cf56905cb277b47e11c81482a
    http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=e4e7b53b71e2659adaf52691d4accc3594203b23
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1359.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/60385
    http://secunia.com/advisories/60633
    http://secunia.com/advisories/60654
    http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3004
    http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140730-1.txt
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2304-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High