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CVE-2018-6790

Published: Feb 7, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-200
5.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.1%
Top 20.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses via a URL in a notification, as demonstrated by the src attribute of an IMG element.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

kde
oss-project·DEaka kde community
plasma-workspaceOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=5bc696b5abcdb460c1017592e80b2d7f6ed3107c
cgit.kde.org
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=8164beac15ea34ec0d1564f0557fe3e742bdd938
cgit.kde.org
https://phabricator.kde.org/D10188
phabricator.kde.org
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