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 :
April 20, 2025, 1:37 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 3 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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Bug History
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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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647 Added Reference https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a Added Reference https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29 Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/ Added Reference https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt -
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
While CVE identifies
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)
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-2017-8422
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.37 }} -0.09%
score
0.56107
percentile