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.
Published: 2017-05-17
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-952-1 kde4libs security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3849-1 kde4libs security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-17373 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3286-1 KDE-Libs vulnerability
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Kde Kauth Kdelibs
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:34:22.978Z

Reserved: 2017-05-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8422

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-17T14:29:00.387

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-8422

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8422 - Bugzilla

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