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CVE-2014-8651 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.html CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.html CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.html CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12 CVE
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt CVEVendor Advisory

see all 18 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
kde plasma-desktop
<= 5.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
kde kde-workspace
<= 4.11.13

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-8651
NVD Published Date:
Dec 6, 2014
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2014-8651 Details - Not Deferred