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CVE-2024-1433

KDE Plasma Workspace Theme File eventpluginsmanager.cpp enabledPlugins path traversal

Published: Feb 11, 2024Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-22
3.1LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 47.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in KDE Plasma Workspace up to 5.93.0. This affects the function EventPluginsManager::enabledPlugins of the file components/calendar/eventpluginsmanager.cpp of the component Theme File Handler. The manipulation of the argument pluginId leads to path traversal. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The patch is named 6cdf42916369ebf4ad5bd876c4dfa0170d7b2f01. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-253407. NOTE: This requires write access to user's home or the installation of third party global themes.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:RS:UC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-22

Affected Products

KDE
oss-project·DEaka kde community
plasma-workspaceOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Plasma WorkspaceOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://github.com/KDE/plasma-workspace/commit/6cdf42916369ebf4ad5bd876c4dfa0170d7b2f01
github.com
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.253407
vuldb.com
https://vuldb.com/?id.253407
vuldb.com

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