VDB
CVE-2018-10361
CVE-2018-10361
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
An issue was discovered in KTextEditor 5.34.0 through 5.45.0. Insecure handling of temporary files in the KTextEditor's kauth_ktexteditor_helper service (as utilized in the Kate text editor) can allow other unprivileged users on the local system to gain root privileges. The attack occurs when one user (who has an unprivileged account but is also able to authenticate as root) writes a text file using Kate into a directory owned by a another unprivileged user. The latter unprivileged user conducts a symlink attack to achieve privilege escalation.
EPSS 0.38% · 32.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.38%
32.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | ktexteditor | 0, 5.38.0-0ubuntu1, 5.40.0-0ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Apr 25, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 1, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Nov 16, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 19, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10361 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/04/24/1 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033055 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10361 third-party-advisory