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CVE-2014-5033

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…

Impact

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

VendorProductAffected versions
DebianKde4libs
All versions
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 12.04, 14.04
KdeKauth
through 5.0
KdeKdelibs
through 4.13.97
Versions 4.10.0, 4.10.1, 4.10.2, 4.10.3, 4.10.95

Weakness classification

CWE-362

References