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CVE-2014-8651
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…
High7.2EPSS 0.39%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- FEDORA-2014-14813 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141104 Privilege Escalation via KDE Clock KCM polkit helper (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201512-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2402-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-14895 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141106 Re: Privilege Escalation via KDE Clock KCM polkit helper (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-14865 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 70904 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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