CVE-2014-5033 in KDE kdelibs
Summary
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."
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Reservation
07/22/2014
Disclosure
08/19/2014
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| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70663 | KDE kdelibs Access Restriction race condition | 362 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2014-5033 |