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ubuntu-cve-2014-5033

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-07-23 00:00

Modified

2026-04-22 07:37

Summary

Details

KDE kdelibs before 4.14 and kauth before 5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, related to CVE-2013-4288 and "PID reuse race conditions."

Severity

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5033	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2304-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5033	REPORT

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CVE-2014-5033 (GCVE-0-2014-5033)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-08-19 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 11:34

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

10 references

URL	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/60385	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1359.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3004	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2304-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kauth.git&a=commit&h=3…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-2014073…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/60654	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-0…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/60633	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2014-07-30 00:00

Show details on NVD website

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usn-2304-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2014-07-31 13:48

Modified

2026-04-22 07:36

Summary

kde4libs vulnerability

Details

It was discovered that kauth was using polkit in an unsafe manner. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended polkit authorizations.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2304-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5033	REPORT

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      },
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        {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
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        "4:4.11.2-0ubuntu3",
        "4:4.11.2-0ubuntu4",
        "4:4.11.80-0ubuntu1",
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        "4:4.11.97-0ubuntu1",
        "4:4.11.97-0ubuntu2",
        "4:4.12.0-0ubuntu1",
        "4:4.12.1-0ubuntu1",
        "4:4.12.2-0ubuntu1",
        "4:4.12.2-0ubuntu2",
        "4:4.12.3-0ubuntu1",
        "4:4.12.90-0ubuntu1",
        "4:4.12.95-0ubuntu1",
        "4:4.12.97-0ubuntu1",
        "4:4.13.0-0ubuntu1",
        "4:4.13.0-0ubuntu1.1",
        "4:4.13.1-0ubuntu0.1",
        "4:4.13.1-0ubuntu0.2",
        "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that kauth was using polkit in an unsafe manner. A local\nattacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended polkit\nauthorizations.\n",
  "id": "USN-2304-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:31Z",
  "published": "2014-07-31T13:48:33Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2304-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5033"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "kde4libs vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5033"
  ]
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

ubuntu-cve-2014-5033

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2014-5033 (GCVE-0-2014-5033)

usn-2304-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature