CVE-2014-8651

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.

Published: Dec 6, 2014
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2014-8651
Severity: High
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: High
Score: 7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

CWE-264

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
kde / plasma-desktop	-	5.1.x
kde / kde-workspace	-	4.11.13.x

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70904
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt

Vulnerability Database

290,206

CVE-2014-8651