{
    "id": "CVE-2017-8422",
    "published": "2017-05-17 14:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:26:21",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-290",
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01805",
    "epss_percentile": "0.77941",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-10 18:17:16",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "kde",
            "product": "kauth"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "kde",
            "product": "kdelibs"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "42053",
            "title": "KDE 4/5 - 'KAuth' Local Privilege Escalation",
            "date": "2017-05-18",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647",
        "https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a",
        "https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/",
        "https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647",
        "https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a",
        "https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/",
        "https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt"
    ]
}