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.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
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 · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 18 May 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-290
- Affected
- kde/kauth · kde/kdelibs
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.