CVE-2017-8422

CVE Details

Release Date:

2017-05-10

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

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.2	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	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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