Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2017-8422 First vendor Publication 2017-05-17
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2019-10-03

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.8
Base Score 7.8 Environmental Score 7.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8422

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 45

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-07-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-dd51077c87.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-0898c704a1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-13 Name : The remote Virtuozzo host is missing a security update.
File : Virtuozzo_VZLSA-2017-1264.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-06-28 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201706-29.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-26 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-952.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-23 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20170522_kdelibs_on_SL7_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-23 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-1264.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-23 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-1264.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-23 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2017-1264.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-19 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-1335-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-17 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-8b4898ce81.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-17 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2017-136-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-16 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3286-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-16 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-575.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-16 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-aff6f6bd9d.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-16 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-7e3437b905.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-16 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-6bdbf57f29.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-15 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3849.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-11 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_0baee383356c11e7b9a950e549ebab6c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647
https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f...
https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb525...
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849
EXPLOIT-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
GENTOO https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3
REDHAT https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480

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2017-05-17 21:21:37
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