CVE-2017-8422
Published May 17, 2017
Last updated 5 years ago
Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-290
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:kde:kauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "613FFB8B-CF03-4E1C-9D6D-C186A19B9F60",
"versionEndIncluding": "5.33"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "08C24977-D991-43E7-AF7E-BA489EC00903",
"versionEndIncluding": "4.14.31"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]