CVE-2020-27187
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Summary
An issue was discovered in KDE Partition Manager 4.1.0 before 4.2.0. The kpmcore_externalcommand helper contains a logic flaw in which the service invoking D-Bus is not properly checked. An attacker on the local machine can replace /etc/fstab, and execute mount and other partitioning related commands, while KDE Partition Manager is running. the mount command can then be used to gain full root privileges.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
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ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://github.com/KDE/partitionmanager/compare/v4.1.0…v4.2.0
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20201017-1.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1890199
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-03
References
- https://github.com/KDE/partitionmanager/compare/v4.1.0…v4.2.0
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20201017-1.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1890199
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-03
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