CVE-2017-8422
N/A
Published: May 17, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:26 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorKdelibsKauth
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849
- 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
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216ax_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888abQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-290
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