CVE-2020-27187

Summary

CVECVE-2020-27187
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-26 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-28 18:24:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in KDE Partition Manager 4.1.0 before 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kde Partition Manager All All All All
Application Kde Partition Manager All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1890199 – (CVE-2020-27187) CVE-2020-27187 kpmcore: kpmcore_externalcommand helper can be exploited in local privilege escalation MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
kde.org/info/security/advisory-20201017-1.txt CONFIRM kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
KPMCore: Root privilege escalation (GLSA 202011-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Comparing v4.1.0...v4.2.0 · KDE/partitionmanager · GitHub MISC github.com 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

  • 501198 Alpine Linux Security Update for kpmcore
  • 501596 Alpine Linux Security Update for kpmcore
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