CVE-2019-14744

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-14744
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-08-07 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:05:00 UTC
DescriptionIn KDE Frameworks KConfig before 5.61.0, malicious desktop files and configuration files lead to code execution with minimal user interaction. This relates to libKF5ConfigCore.so, and the mishandling of .desktop and .directory files, as demonstrated by a shell command on an Icon line in a .desktop file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 19.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 29 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Application Kde Kconfig All All All All
Application Kde Kconfig All All All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4494-1] kconfig security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: kde-settings-29.1-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1851-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: [slackware-security] kdelibs (SSA:2019-220-01) BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: kdelibs-4.14.38-15.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Unpatched KDE vulnerability disclosed on Twitter | ZDNet MISC www.zdnet.com Press/Media Coverage, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: kf5-kconfig-5.59.0-1.fc30.1 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
gist.githubusercontent.com/zeropwn/630832df151029cb8f22d5b6b9efaefb/raw/64aa3d30279acb20... MISC gist.githubusercontent.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Slackware Security Advisory - kdelibs Updates ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: kdelibs3-3.5.10-101.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4494-1 kconfig DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: kdelibs3-3.5.10-101.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1855-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: kdelibs3-3.5.10-101.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1898-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: kf5-kconfig-5.59.0-1.fc30.1 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: kdelibs3-3.5.10-101.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
KDE KConfig: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201908-07) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
USN-4100-1: KConfig and KDE libraries vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 29 Update: kde-settings-29.1-1.fc29 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1890-1] kde4libs security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: kdelibs-4.14.38-15.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377001 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for kdelibs and kde-settings (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0050)
  • 378193 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for kdelibs-common (VZLSA-2019:2606)
  • 710152 Gentoo Linux KDE KConfig User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Vulnerability (GLSA 201908-07)
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