Description
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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70904
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3
Scores
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
25.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (2)
kde/kde-workspace
< 4.11.13
kde/plasma-desktop
< 5.1
Published
Dec 06, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026