CVE-2014-5033

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…

published August 19, 2014

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
28.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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."

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00359 · 28.2th percentile
Published
2014-08-19T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 AUG 18:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5