CVE-2014-8651 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in kde-workspace before 4.11.14 and plasma-desktop before 5.1.1. An attacker could exploit this by providing a crafted ntpUtility argument. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, allowing an unauthenticated local attacker to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 4.11.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kde:kde-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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