Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2017-8422

CWE-29014 documents9 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
0.4%
top 40.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
2
KDE KauthKDE Kdelibs
Timeline
PublishedMay 17
Latest updateMay 13

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 vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Debiankauth< 5.28.0-2+3
▶NVDkde/kauth5.33
▶NVDkde/kdelibs4.14.31

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: cgit.kde.org ↗Patch: cgit.kde.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-3x3g-jj7x-gr2f: KDE kdelibs before 4↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2017-8422: KDE kdelibs before 4↗2017-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2017-8422: KDE kdelibs before 4↗2017-05-17
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
KDE 4/5 - 'KAuth' Local Privilege Escalation↗2017-05-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
KDE-Libs vulnerability↗2017-05-15
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Red Hat
kauth: service invoking dbus is not properly checked and allows local privilege escalation↗2017-05-10
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Debian
CVE-2017-8422: kauth - KDE kdelibs before 4.14.32 and KAuth before 5.34 allow local users to gain root ...↗2017
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💬Community

6
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8422 kdelibs-webkit: kauth: service invoking dbus is not properly checked and allows local privilege escalation [epel-7]↗2017-05-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8422 kdelibs3: kauth: service invoking dbus is not properly checked and allows local privilege escalation [fedora-all]↗2017-05-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8422 kf5-kauth: kauth: service invoking dbus is not properly checked and allows local privilege escalation [epel-7]↗2017-05-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8422 kdelibs: kauth: service invoking dbus is not properly checked and allows local privilege escalation [fedora-all]↗2017-05-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-8422 kf5-kauth: kauth: service invoking dbus is not properly checked and allows local privilege escalation [fedora-all]↗2017-05-10
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