CVE-2018-6791

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-6791
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-07 02:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction.cpp in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. When a vfat thumbdrive that contains `` or $() in its volume label is plugged in and mounted through the device notifier, it's interpreted as a shell command, leading to a possibility of arbitrary command execution. An example of an offending volume label is "$(touch b)" -- this will create a file called b in the home folder.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Kde Plasma-workspace All All All All
Application Kde Plasma-workspace All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
389815 – Possibility of code execution when opening volume which label contains `` or $() from notifications panel CONFIRM bugs.kde.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4116-1 plasma-workspace DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit CONFIRM cgit.kde.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710201 Gentoo Linux KDE Plasma WorkspApplication Control Engines Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201803-09)
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