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CVE-2014-5033

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-08-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2014-5033
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.36%

Original NVD 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."