CVE-2017-8422
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 17, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- May 2, 2017
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 1038480vdb-entry
- 42053exploit
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647
- 98412vdb-entry
- GLSA-201706-29vendor-advisory
- https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab
- DSA-3849vendor-advisory
- https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a
- [oss-security] 20170510 generic kde LPEmailing-list
- RHSA-2017:1264vendor-advisory
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