Privilege Escalation in KDE Clock KCM PolicyKit Helper
CVE-2014-8651

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Kde

Status
Plasma-desktop
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 December 2014

What is CVE-2014-8651?

The KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in certain versions of kde-workspace and plasma-desktop allows local users to exploit a crafted ntpUtility argument to gain unauthorized privileges. This vulnerability can result in security breaches, making it crucial for users with affected versions to apply necessary patches and mitigations.

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References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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