CVE-2017-8422

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.37%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory kde.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480 vdb entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/ exploit
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt patch vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647 issue tracking patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412 vdb entry third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29 vendor advisory
https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849 vendor advisory
https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3 mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-8422?
CVE-2017-8422 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-8422?
To fix CVE-2017-8422, 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-2017-8422 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2017-8422 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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