UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8422

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8422

    Published: 10 May 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8422
    Aliases:
    USN-3286-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8422, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3, https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3286-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8422

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kde4libs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kde4libs@4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5

    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