CVE 2017-8422
KDE kdelibs before 4.14.32 and KAuth before 5.34 allow local users to gain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a privileged helper app.
Related bugs and status
CVE-2017-8422 (Candidate) is related to these bugs:
Bug #1689759: CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation
| Summary | In | Importance | Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1689759 | CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation | kauth (Ubuntu) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1689759 | CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation | kde4libs (Ubuntu) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1689759 | CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation | kauth (Ubuntu Xenial) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1689759 | CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation | kde4libs (Ubuntu Xenial) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1689759 | CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation | kauth (Ubuntu Artful) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1689759 | CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation | kde4libs (Ubuntu Artful) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1689759 | CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation | kauth (Ubuntu Trusty) | Undecided | Invalid | ||
| 1689759 | CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation | kde4libs (Ubuntu Trusty) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1689759 | CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation | kauth (Ubuntu Yakkety) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1689759 | CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation | kde4libs (Ubuntu Yakkety) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1689759 | CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation | kauth (Ubuntu Zesty) | High | Fix Released | ||
| 1689759 | CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation | kde4libs (Ubuntu Zesty) | High | Fix Released | ||
See the 
CVE page on Mitre.org
for more details.
