CVE-2014-5033
Severity
6.9MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 19
Latest updateMay 17
Description
KDE kdelibs before 4.14 and kauth before 5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, related to CVE-2013-4288 and "PID reuse race conditions."
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 10.0
Affected Packages3 packages
Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04