# CVE-2017-8422: 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 privilege

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2017-05-17 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29
- https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849
- https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053

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