CVE-2017-8422

high

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-17373

https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab

https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-05-17

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H