Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in ktexteditor - CVE-2018-10361

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Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in ktexteditor - CVE-2018-10361

Published: January 31, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60189
CSH Severity: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10361
CWE-ID:
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
ktexteditor
Software vendor:
KDE.org

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privilege son the system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure handling of temporary files in the KTextEditor's kauth_ktexteditor_helper service. A local user can overwrite arbitrary files on the system and escalate privileges via a specially crafted symbolic link.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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