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CVE-2018-6791

An issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction.cpp in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.8%
percentile 56%
Public exploits
0
none known

An 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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.78% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.06.8CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

  • cgit.kde.org /plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=9db872df82c258315c6ebad800af59e81ffb9212 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4116 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • bugs.kde.org /show_bug.cgi?id=389815 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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