PT-2023-21593 · Kdab+1 · Kdab Hotspot+1

Matthias Gerstner · Published 2023-03-14 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2023-28144

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KDAB Hotspot versions 1.3.x through 1.4.1

Description The issue allows privilege escalation due to race conditions involving symlinks and elevate perf privileges.sh chown calls, specifically in non-default configurations.

Recommendations For versions 1.3.x through 1.4.1, consider restricting access to the elevate perf privileges.sh script until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the chown calls in the elevate perf privileges.sh script to minimize the risk of exploitation. Restrict the creation of symlinks to prevent potential privilege escalation.

Exploit

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-28144

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12782-1

Affected Products

Debian

Kdab Hotspot

References · 17

• 🔥 https://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/14/8 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/hotspot · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-28144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-28144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28144 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28144 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:12782-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-28144 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28144 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/KDAB/hotspot/releases · Note
• https://github.com/KDAB/hotspot/commit/65a246ce9196462081483fd07d97678dcfe36b9c · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/60021 · Telegram Post
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28144 · Note