CVE-2014-8651
N/A
Published: December 6, 2014 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorKde WorkspacePlasma Desktop
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in kde-workspace before 4.11.14 and plasma-desktop before 5.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ntpUtility (ntp utility name) argument.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 4.11.13
v ≤ 5.1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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