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CVE-2017-8422 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264 CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647 CVEIssue TrackingPatch
https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a CVEPatch
https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab CVEPatch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-290Authentication Bypass by Spoofing[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
kde kauth
<= 5.33

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
kde kdelibs
<= 4.14.31

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-8422
NVD Published Date:
May 17, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-8422 Details - Not Deferred