CVE-2014-5033

Public Exploit

Description

KDE kdelibs before 4.14 and kauth before 5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, related to CVE-2013-4288 and "PID reuse race conditions."

Category

6.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.03%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory kde.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/60385 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1359.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3004 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2304-1 vendor advisory
http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kauth.git&a=commit&h=341b7d84b6d9c03cf56905cb277b47e11c81482a
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140730-1.txt vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60654 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00012.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60633 third party advisory
http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=e4e7b53b71e2659adaf52691d4accc3594203b23 patch exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-5033?
CVE-2014-5033 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-5033?
To fix CVE-2014-5033, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-5033 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-5033 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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