CVE-2014-8651

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2402-1

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

KDE Clock KCM Policykit Helper en kde-workspace anterior a 4.11.14 y plasma-desktop anterior a 5.1.1 permite a usuarios locales ganar privilegios a través de un argumento ntpUtility (ntp utility name) manipulado.

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-11-06 CVE Reserved
2014-11-11 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-07-20 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70904	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.html	2016-12-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.html	2016-12-07
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.html	2016-12-07
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1	2016-12-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12	2016-12-07
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt	2016-12-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Plasma-desktop Search vendor "Kde" for product "Plasma-desktop"				<= 5.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Plasma-desktop" and version " <= 5.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Kde-workspace Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde-workspace"				<= 4.11.13 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Kde-workspace" and version " <= 4.11.13"		-		Affected