CVE-2014-5033

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
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."
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2014-5033
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2014-08-19T18:55:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2014-10-16T07:22:55
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-362 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:debian:kde4libs:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.0
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.13.97
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=e4e7b53b71e2659adaf52691d4accc3594203b23 Exploit Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2304-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3004
http://secunia.com/advisories/60654
http://secunia.com/advisories/60633
http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kauth.git&a=commit&h=341b7d84b6d9c03cf56905cb277b47e11c81482a
http://secunia.com/advisories/60385
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00012.html
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140730-1.txt Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1359.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5033
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5033
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:29:48 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 00:18:18 2014-08-19T18:55Z 2014-08-19T18:55:03 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 00:18:18 2014-10-16T07:22:55 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 00:18:18 Modified Vulnerability Status updated