CVE-2017-8422
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2017-05-10 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
Description
KDE kdelibs before 4.14.32 and KAuth before 5.34 allow local users togain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a privileged helper app.
See more information about CVE-2017-8422 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.2 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kdelibs) | ELSA-2017-1264 | 2017-05-22 |
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