PT-2020-16655
CVE-2020-27187
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Published
2020-10-26
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Updated
2022-04-28
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
KDE Partition Manager versions 4.1.0 through 4.1.x
Description
A logic flaw exists in the kpmcore externalcommand helper of KDE Partition Manager, where the service invoking D-Bus is not properly checked. This allows an attacker on the local machine to replace /etc/fstab and execute mount and other partitioning related commands while KDE Partition Manager is running, potentially leading to the gain of full root privileges.
Recommendations
For versions 4.1.0 through 4.1.x, update to version 4.2.0 or later to resolve the issue.
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