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 Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- local
- Complexity
- low
- Privileges
- low
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-290
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- KDE
- Published
- 5/17/2017
- Last Modified
- 4/20/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
kde : kauthkde : kdelibs
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