CVE-2017-8422 Information

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 Vector

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

Reference

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 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/ https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8