Access Restriction Bypass Affecting kde/kdelibs package, versions [,4.14.32)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KDEKDELIBS-2365427
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed17 May 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 May 2017

CVE-2017-8422  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade kde/kdelibs to version 4.14.32 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. 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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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