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 NVD

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

1.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 78th percentile

Published

2017-05-17

Updated

2024-08-05

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• stealth/plasmapulsar69★ · 2017-05-19

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053

Security advisories

• https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647
• https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a
• https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-8849
• CVE-2019-16729