KDE Workspace 4.11.13 Helper access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in KDE Workspace 4.11.13. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Helper. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2014-8651. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in KDE Workspace 4.11.13. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Helper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published 11/17/2014 by David Edmundson as advisory-20141106-1.txt as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kde.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-8651 since 11/06/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79122 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : kde-workspace vulnerabilities (USN-2402-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122978 (Fedora Security Update for kde-workspace (FEDORA-2014-1486)).

Upgrading to version 4.11.14 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at projects.kde.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The advisory contains the following remark:

Add a polkit rule to disable the org.kde.kcontrol.kcmclock.save action.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (99027), Tenable (79122), SecurityFocus (BID 70904†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47181†). bugzilla.redhat.com is providing further details. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • kde-workspace up to 4.11.13
  • plasma-desktop up to 5.1.0

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 79122
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : kde-workspace vulnerabilities (USN-2402-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 867259
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for kde-workspace FEDORA-2014-14865
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Workspace 4.11.14
Patch: projects.kde.org

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12/06/2014 +4 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kde.org

Advisory: advisory-20141106-1.txt
Researcher: David Edmundson
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-8651 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8651
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68300

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X-Force: 99027 - KDE Workspace command execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 70904 - KDE Workspace Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 47181 - KDE Workspace Remote Code Execution due to Improper Protection Against Untrusted Input, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/02/2014 09:39
Updated: 12/09/2024 02:00
Changes: 12/02/2014 09:39 (77), 06/12/2017 08:33 (5), 02/27/2022 10:47 (3), 12/09/2024 02:00 (20)
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Cache ID: 216:358:103

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