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CVE-2014-5033

CVE information

Published

9 years ago

Last Modified

9 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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.".

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.9/10
Exploit Score
3.4/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:debian:kde4libs:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -