CVE-2014-8651
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8487)
- Published
- December 6, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8487 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- kde / kde-workspace
- kde / plasma-desktop
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70904
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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