CVE-2017-8849

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• KDE 4/5 - 'KAuth' Local Privilege Escalation2017-05-18 · local · linux

Impact

smb4k before 2.0.1 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify arguments to the mount helper DBUS service.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3951
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98690
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98737
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449656
• https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=71554140bdaede27b95dbe4c9b5a028a83c83cce
• https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=a90289b0962663bc1d247bbbd31b9e65b2ca000e
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-14
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
• https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-2.txt
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3951
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98690
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98737
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449656
• https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=71554140bdaede27b95dbe4c9b5a028a83c83cce
• https://cgit.kde.org/smb4k.git/commit/?id=a90289b0962663bc1d247bbbd31b9e65b2ca000e
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-14
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
• https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-2.txt