CVE-2018-10361
Kate KTextEditor Local Privilege Escalation
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 25, 2018, 5:29 a.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-10361.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/04/24/1 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3 | |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033055 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
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CVE-2018-10361 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-264 CWE-668 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/09/3 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 04, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/04/24/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/04/24/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033055 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033055 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.34.0 up to (including) 5.45.0
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-10361 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-10361
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.05 }} 0.01%
score
0.18715
percentile