ubuntu-cve-2023-28144
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-03-14 19:15
Modified
2025-10-24 05:01
Summary
Details

KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.

Severity
7.0 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.0 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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          {
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          }
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      },
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    },
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      ]
    },
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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      },
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      ],
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        "1.3.0-2ubuntu3",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28144",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T05:01:52Z",
  "published": "2023-03-14T19:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-28144"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/14/8"
    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/KDAB/hotspot/commit/65a246ce9196462081483fd07d97678dcfe36b9c"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/KDAB/hotspot/releases"
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
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  ]
}



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