CVE-2014-5033

Exp

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."

Published: 2014-08-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5033 is rated Exploit Available (52.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-5033

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5033

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.36% +0.32%
2 2023-03-07 1.28% 0.04% -1.24%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.28% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5033

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5033

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5033

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5033
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-5033 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kde4libs), 4 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): released 2, ignored 1, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5033

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5033

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian kde4libs — cpe:2.3:a:debian:kde4libs:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
kde kauth <= 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs <= 4.13.97 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.10.95 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.10.97 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.80 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.90 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.95 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.97 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.80 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.90 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.95 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.97 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.13.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.13.80 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.13.90 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.13.95 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5033

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