CVE-2014-5033
KDE kdelibs/Kauth D-Bus Polkit Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
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."
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 19, 2014, 6:55 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:11 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.4
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2014-5033
vulnerability.
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CVE-2014-5033 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00012.html Added Reference http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kauth.git&a=commit&h=341b7d84b6d9c03cf56905cb277b47e11c81482a Added Reference http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=e4e7b53b71e2659adaf52691d4accc3594203b23 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1359.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60385 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60633 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60654 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3004 Added Reference http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140730-1.txt Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2304-1 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 20, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-5033 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-5033
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile