Published: 26/10/2020 Updated: 28/04/2022

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 641

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

An issue exists in KDE Partition Manager 4.1.0 prior to 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.

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kpmcore_externalcommand helper contains a logic flaw in which the service invoking dbus is not properly checked An attacker on your local machine can replace /etc/fstab, execute mount and other partitioning related commands while KDE Partition Manager is running mount command can then be used to gain full root privileges ...

NVD-CWE-noinfo https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20201017-1.txt https://github.com/KDE/partitionmanager/compare/v4.1.0...v4.2.0 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1890199 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-03 https://nvd.nist.gov https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-27187

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