High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 17, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-8422
CVE-2017-8422
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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Affected products
15- osv-coords13 versionspkg:rpm/suse/kauth&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kauth&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kdelibs4-apidocs&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kdelibs4-apidocs&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kdelibs4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kdelibs4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kdelibs4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kdelibs4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kdelibs4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kdelibs4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kdelibs4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kdelibs4&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/kdelibs4&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012%20SP2
< 5.26.0-6.1+ 12 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.0-6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 5.26.0-6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.14.25-8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.14.25-8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.0-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.0-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.0-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.0-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.0-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.0-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12.0-10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.14.25-8.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.14.25-8.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
11- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/nvdPatch
- cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/nvdPatch
- www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/nvd
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