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CVE-2014-5033

CVE-2014-5033 PUBLISHED

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."

EPSS 0.03% · 10.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.03%
10.3th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSkde4libs4:4.11.2-0ubuntu2, 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu3, 4:4.11.2-0ubuntu4

Timeline

  • Jul 23, 2014 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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