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    CVE-2017-8422

    KDE 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.

    Published:May 10, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:May 17, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00373
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Kde
    Product
    Kauth
    Vendor
    Kde
    Product
    Kdelibs
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053

    References

    http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647
    https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a
    https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
    https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt
    http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647
    https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a
    https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29
    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
    https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt

    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