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CVE-2014-8651 json

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 vi…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-8487

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • kde-workspace Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4:4.11.11-0ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8651

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kdebase4-workspace SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +6 more 4.3.5-0.12.20.1
  • kdebase4-wallpapers SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +4 more 4.3.5-0.11.20.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0303-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8651 updated cvss 6.9

kde-workspace: arbitrary code execution and local privilege escalation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kwin, khotkeys, kmenuedit, ksysguard, kwin-gles, kwin-libs, +16 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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