Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in KDE kdelibs and KAuth

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in KDE kdelibs and KAuth

CVE-2017-8422 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

KDE kdelibs before 4.14.32 and KAuth before 5.34 allow local users to gain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a privileged helper app.

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