CVE-2014-8651

high

Description

The KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in kde-workspace before 4.11.14 and plasma-desktop before 5.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ntpUtility (ntp utility name) argument.

References

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70904

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-12-06

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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