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CVE-2017-8422

Published: 10 May 2017

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.

Priority

High

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
kauth
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (5.34)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

xenial
Released (5.18.0-0ubuntu2)
yakkety
Released (5.26.0-0ubuntu2.1)
zesty
Released (5.31.0-0ubuntu1.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a

kde4libs
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (4.14.32)
precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5)
xenial
Released (4:4.14.16-0ubuntu3.2)
yakkety
Released (4:4.14.22-0ubuntu2.2)
zesty
Released (4:4.14.30-0ubuntu1.1)
Patches:

upstream: https://commits.kde.org/kdelibs/264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H