6.9

CVE-2014-5033: canonical ubuntu_linux Race Condition

CVSS: 6.9v2.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0327RHSA-2014:1359UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5033
Published 19-08-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-5033 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) Race Condition vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
38/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
MGASA-2014-0432

Timeline

  1. 19-08-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

28%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (quickgit.kde.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat4 products
  • polkit-qt< 0:0.103.0-10.el7_0
  • polkit-qt-debuginfo< 0:0.103.0-10.el7_0
  • polkit-qt-devel< 0:0.103.0-10.el7_0
  • polkit-qt-doc< 0:0.103.0-10.el7_0
Debian2 products
  • kde4libs< 4:4.4.5-2+squeeze4 | < 4:4.8.4-4+deb7u1
  • kde4libsna
Kde2 products
  • kauth≤ 5.0
  • kdelibs≤ 4.13.97 | 4.10.0 | 4.10.1 | 4.10.2 | 4.10.3 | 4.10.95 | 4.10.97 | 4.11.0 | 4.11.1 | 4.11.2 | 4.11.3 | 4.11.4 | 4.11.5 | 4.11.80 | 4.11.90 | 4.11.95 | 4.11.97 | 4.12.0 | 4.12.1 | 4.12.2 | 4.12.3 | 4.12.4 | 4.12.5 | 4.12.80 | 4.12.90 | 4.12.95 | 4.12.97 | 4.13.0 | 4.13.1 | 4.13.2 | 4.13.3 | 4.13.80 | 4.13.90 | 4.13.95
Canonical1 product
Mageia1 product
  • kdelibs4< 4.10.5-1.2.mga3
Ubuntu1 product
  • kde4libs< 4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3

6 vendors · 11 products

References

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