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Status published
High
CVE-2014-8651
The KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in kde-workspace before 4.11.14...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70904
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
plasma-desktop, kde-workspace
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 6th, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.