01 Record

CVE-2014-5033

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 29.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2014-08-19 18:00Z12 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 11:34Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2014-07-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c99f767299a3183b1a5d026c68f67fd3d5c9f60dee67a8ba083ff02ea0121972

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

debiankde4libsNot specified—

kdekauthNot specified—

kdekdelibsNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

secunia.com60385http://secunia.com/advisories/60385third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:1359http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1359.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.debian.orgDSA-3004http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3004vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
www.ubuntu.comUSN-2304-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2304-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
quickgit.kde.orghttp://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kauth.git&a=commit&h=341b7d84b6d9c03cf56905cb277b47e11c81482ax_refsource_CONFIRM
www.kde.orghttp://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140730-1.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com60654http://secunia.com/advisories/60654third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0981http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00012.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
secunia.com60633http://secunia.com/advisories/60633third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
quickgit.kde.orghttp://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=e4e7b53b71e2659adaf52691d4accc3594203b23x_refsource_CONFIRM

07 Fixed in

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

kde4libs
Fixed in 4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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