CVE-2017-8422

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.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab	Patch
https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a	Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647	Issue Tracking Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:kde:kauth::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs::::::::

Information

Published : 2017-05-17 07:29

Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03

NVD link : CVE-2017-8422

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8422

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-290

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

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Products Affected

kde

kdelibs
kauth

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