Published: 06/12/2014 Updated: 07/12/2016

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 641

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

The KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in kde-workspace prior to 4.11.14 and plasma-desktop prior to 5.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ntpUtility (ntp utility name) argument.

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KDE workspace could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator ...

The KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in kde-workspace before 41114 and plasma-desktop before 511 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ntpUtility (ntp utility name) argument ...

CWE-264 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70904 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.html https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2402-1/https://nvd.nist.gov https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-8651

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