CVE-2017-8422
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8422
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8422.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-8422
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-05-17T14:29:00.387Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-24T01:11:21.390989Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647
- 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
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt