CVE-2014-5033

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KDE kdelibs before 4.14 and kauth before 5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, whic

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.".

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.00034

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Weakness Classification

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

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Affected Products & Versions

debian kde4libsall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
kde kauth<= 5.0
kde kdelibs<= 4.13.97
kde kdelibsall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

pocquickgit.kde.org · ?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=e4e7b53b71e2659adaf52691d4a...quickgit.kde.org

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Scoring & Timeline

6.9

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD19 Aug 2014 · 06:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

usnUSN-2304-1

rhsaRHSA-2014:1359Important

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00012.html

http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kauth.git&a=commit&h=341b7d84b6d9c03cf56905cb277b47e11c81482a

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1359.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/60385

http://secunia.com/advisories/60633

http://secunia.com/advisories/60654

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http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3004

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140730-1.txtVendor Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2304-1

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