UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5033

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5033

    Published: 23 Jul 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-5033
    Aliases:
    USN-2304-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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."

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5033, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2304-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5033

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kde4libs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kde4libs@4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3

    Affected versions

    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu2
    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu3
    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu4
    4:4.11.80-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.95-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.97-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.97-0ubuntu2

    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
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