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CVE-2014-5033 Detail

Description

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."


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00012.html CVE, MITRE
http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kauth.git&a=commit&h=341b7d84b6d9c03cf56905cb277b47e11c81482a CVE, MITRE
http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=e4e7b53b71e2659adaf52691d4accc3594203b23 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Patch 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1359.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/60385 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/60633 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/60654 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3004 CVE, MITRE
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140730-1.txt CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2304-1 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-5033
NVD Published Date:
08/19/2014
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE