Vulnerability in KDE Kde-Workspace
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (30.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9 (mailing-list)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12 (vendor-advisory)
- www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt (Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3 (mailing-list)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/70904 (vdb-entry)