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HistoryNov 11, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

KDE workspace vulnerability

2014-11-1100:00:00
ubuntu.com
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7.2 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

  • kde-workspace - KDE Plasma Workspace components

Details

David Edmundson discovered that the KDE Clock KCM policykit helper did not
properly guard against untrusted input. Under certain circumstances, a
process running under the user’s session could exploit this to run
programs as the administrator.

7.2 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%