ubuntu-cve-2017-8422
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-05-10 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"aliases": [],
"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8422",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:15Z",
"published": "2017-05-10T00:00:00Z",
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8422"
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"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "high",
"type": "Ubuntu"
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]
}
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