ghsa-3x3g-jj7x-gr2f
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:47
Modified
2025-04-20 03:37
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-8422"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-290"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-05-17T14:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-3x3g-jj7x-gr2f",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:37:46Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:47:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8422"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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