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CVE-2017-8422

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Date: May 17, 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.

Language: C++

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Related Resources (16)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29
https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8422
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-8422
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt
https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8422
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8422
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-8422

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

CWE-290

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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