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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 19, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2014-5033

CVE-2014-5033

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."

Affected products

38
  • cpe:2.3:a:debian:kde4libs:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=5.0
  • KDE/Kdelibs34 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 33 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.13.97
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

10

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