CVE-2020-27187
Vulnerability Scoring
Attack Complexity Details
- Attack Complexity: Low Impact
- Attack Vector: LOCAL
- Privileges Required: Low Impact
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- User Interaction: NONE
CIA Impact Definition
- Confidentiality: HIGH IMPACT
- Integrity: HIGH IMPACT
- Availability: HIGH IMPACT
CVE-2020-27187 Vulnerability Summary
An issue was discovered in KDE Partition Manager 4.1.0 before 4.2.0. The kpmcore_externalcommand helper contains a logic flaw in which the service invoking D-Bus is not properly checked. An attacker on the local machine can replace /etc/fstab, and execute mount and other partitioning related commands, while KDE Partition Manager is running. the mount command can then be used to gain full root privileges.
Access Complexity Graph for CVE-2020-27187
Impact Analysis for CVE-2020-27187
CVE-2020-27187: Detailed Information and External References
EPSS
0.00042
EPSS %
0.05028
References
0.00042
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1890199
- https://github.com/KDE/partitionmanager/compare/v4.1.0...v4.2.0
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20201017-1.txt
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-03
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
Vulnerable Configurations
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:partition_manager:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:kde:partition_manager:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS3 Source
nvd@nist.gov
CVSS3 Type
Primary
CVSS3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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