CVE-2017-8422
KDE KAuth CallerID Spoofing Privilege Escalation
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.
INFO
Published Date :
May 17, 2017, 2:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2017-8422 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2017-8422.
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2017-8422 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2017-8422 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-290 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 04, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 13, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 08, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 30, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab No Types Assigned https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab Patch Changed Reference Type https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt No Types Assigned https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647 Issue Tracking, Patch Changed Reference Type https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a No Types Assigned https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a Patch Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kde:kauth:5.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.14.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 23, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-8422 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-8422
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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