Kauth

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First CVE: Aug 19, 2014 · Active for 11 years

3
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 64% of tracked products
1.0
Avg CVEs / Year
Bottom 1%
7.6
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 60% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Kauth over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Aug 19, 2014
11 years ago
Most Recent CVE
May 7, 2019
2,635 days ago

CVE Severity & Scoring

Kauth3 CVEs
All CVEs352,231 CVEs
MediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local1 (33.3%)
Network1 (33.3%)
Unknown1 (33.3%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low1 (33.3%)
High1 (33.3%)
Unknown1 (33.3%)
User Interaction
None2 (66.7%)
Unknown1 (33.3%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low1 (33.3%)
High0 (0.0%)
None1 (33.3%)
Unknown1 (33.3%)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).

3 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2017-8422HIGH
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.
May 17, 20177.838NOYES
CVE-2019-7443HIGH
KDE KAuth before 5.55 allows the passing of parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root over DBus via DBusHelperProxy.cpp. Certain types can cause crashes, and trigg
May 7, 20198.126NONO
CVE-2014-5033MEDIUM
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
Aug 19, 20146.923NONO
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Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
1 CVE
33.3% of CVEs· 90th percentile

Social Chatter

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).

Media Mentions

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (3 CVEs).

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Kauth

Top CWEs

Versions

No cataloged versions.