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CVE-2014-8651

Date: December 6, 2014

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.

Language: C++

Severity Score

8.4

Related Resources (13)

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

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

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

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

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8651

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

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

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-8651

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

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8651

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

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-8651

Severity Score

8.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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