CVE-2020-0570

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-0570
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerintel
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-14 19:15:10 UTC
Updated2026-10-08 21:17:20 UTC
DescriptionUncontrolled search path in the QT Library before 5.14.0, 5.12.7 and 5.9.10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable elevation of privilege via local access.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.3 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-426 | Escalation of Privilege

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.3HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary4.4AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qt Qt All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na QT Library affected Fixed in qt 5.14.0, qt 5.12.7, qt 5.9.10 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1800604 – (CVE-2020-0570) CVE-2020-0570 qt: files placed by attacker can influence the working directory and lead to malicious code execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[QTBUG-81272] Qt tries to load invalid library from CWD - Qt Bug Tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugreports.qt.io Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[Development] New Qt vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.qt-project.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296075 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 21.69.0 Missing (CPUAPR2020)
  • 377535 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for qt5-qtbase (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0153)
  • 670938 EulerOS Security Update for qt (EulerOS-SA-2020-2393)
  • 900114 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for qt5-qtbase 5.12.5
  • 901445 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for qt5-qtsvg (6834-1)
  • 902909 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for qt5-qtbase (4690)
  • 940264 AlmaLinux Security Update for qt5-qtbase and qt5-qtwebsockets (ALSA-2020:4690)
  • 960823 Rocky Linux Security Update for qt5-qtbase and qt5-qtwebsockets (RLSA-2020:4690)

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