VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.80%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.80% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-290
- Affected
- kde/kauth · kde/kdelibs
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216aPatch
- https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888abPatch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216aPatch
- https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888abPatch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.