CVE-2019-7443
Severity
8.1HIGH
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 7
Latest updateApr 20
Description
KDE KAuth before 5.55 allows the passing of parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root over DBus via DBusHelperProxy.cpp. Certain types can cause crashes, and trigger the decoding of arbitrary images with dynamically loaded plugins. In other words, KAuth unintentionally causes this plugin code to run as root, which increases the severity of any possible exploitation of a plugin vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages3 packages
Also affects: Fedora 28, 29