CVE-2020-27187

An 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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:kde:partition_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

28 Apr 2022, 18:24

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References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-03 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-03 - Third Party Advisory
CWE CWE-77 NVD-CWE-noinfo

Information

Published : 2020-10-26 17:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41


NVD link : CVE-2020-27187

Mitre link : CVE-2020-27187

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-27187


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Products Affected

kde

  • partition_manager