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HistoryJan 15, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

KTextEditor: Arbitrary Local Code Execution

2024-01-1500:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
7
vulnerability
ktexteditor
code execution
kde
binary execution
file modification
upgrade

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

32.4%

Background

Framework providing a full text editor component for KDE.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in KTextEditor. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

KTextEditor executes binaries without user interaction in a few cases, e.g. KTextEditor will try to check on external file modification via invoking the “git” binary if the file is known in the repository with the new content.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All KTextEditor users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-frameworks/ktexteditor-5.90.0-r2"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallkde-frameworks/ktexteditor< 5.90.0-r2UNKNOWN

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

32.4%