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HistoryMar 14, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2023-28144

2023-03-1400:00:00

ubuntu.com

cve-2023-28144

kdab hotspot

privilege escalation

symlinks

race conditions

elevate_perf_privileges.sh

chown calls

unix

7 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.0%

JSON

KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration,
allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks
and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu20.04noarchhotspot< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchhotspot< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu23.10noarchhotspot< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchhotspot< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	hotspot	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	hotspot	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	23.10	noarch	hotspot	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	hotspot	< any	UNKNOWN

References

github.com/KDAB/hotspot/commit/65a246ce9196462081483fd07d97678dcfe36b9c

github.com/KDAB/hotspot/releases

launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2023-28144

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28144

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-28144

www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28144

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/14/8

7 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.0%

JSON

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