CVE-2014-8651
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.
02 Description
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.
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
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.6% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 2014-12-06 21:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-11-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 720fbb562b284de3f182c3897073483353218eec19f7b28805d3cf25ae374b92
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-14813http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141104 Privilege Escalation via KDE Clock KCM polkit helperhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201512-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12
- www.kde.orghttps://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2402-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-14895http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141106 Re: Privilege Escalation via KDE Clock KCM polkit helperhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-14865http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.html
- www.securityfocus.com70904http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70904
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- kde-workspace Fixed in 4:4.11.11-0ubuntu0.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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