CVE-2014-8651 (GCVE-0-2014-8651)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:26
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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