6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-6791
KDE Plasma Workspace Template Injection Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction.cpp in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. When a vfat thumbdrive that contains `` or $() in its volume label is plugged in and mounted through the device notifier, it's interpreted as a shell command, leading to a possibility of arbitrary command execution. An example of an offending volume label is "$(touch b)" -- this will create a file called b in the home folder.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 7, 2018, 2:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 4:11 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

0.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-6791 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-6791 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Kde plasma-workspace
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
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-2018-6791.

URL Resource
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389815 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=9db872df82c258315c6ebad800af59e81ffb9212 Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4116 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389815 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=9db872df82c258315c6ebad800af59e81ffb9212 Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4116 Third Party Advisory

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hectorgie/PoC-in-GitHub

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Updated: 3 months ago
19 stars 10 fork 10 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2021, 10:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1052 different CVEs too.
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0xT11/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago
86 stars 33 fork 33 watcher
Born at : Oct. 2, 2020, 2:49 p.m. This repo has been linked 1113 different CVEs too.
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rarar0/KDE_Vuln

CVE-2018-6791 Troubleshooting

Python

Updated: 5 years, 11 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 12, 2018, 9:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-6791 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-6791 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389815
    Added Reference https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=9db872df82c258315c6ebad800af59e81ffb9212
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4116
  • 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-77 CWE-78
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 13, 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:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389815 No Types Assigned https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389815 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4116 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4116 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=9db872df82c258315c6ebad800af59e81ffb9212 No Types Assigned https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=9db872df82c258315c6ebad800af59e81ffb9212 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-77
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.12.0
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4116 [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

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