DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8422

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8422 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	kauth	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	kauth	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	kauth	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	kauth	0, 0, 0

Timeline

May 17, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8422 advisory

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