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CVE-2014-5033

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Publication date:
19/08/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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."

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:debian:kde4libs:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.13.97 (including)
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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