In KDE Frameworks KConfig before 5.61.0, malicious desktop files and configuration files lead to code execution with minimal user interaction. This relates to libKF5ConfigCore.so, and the mishandling of .desktop and .directory files, as demonstrated by a shell command on an Icon line in a .desktop file.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1890-1 kde4libs security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4494-1 kconfig security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-5884 In KDE Frameworks KConfig before 5.61.0, malicious desktop files and configuration files lead to code execution with minimal user interaction. This relates to libKF5ConfigCore.so, and the mishandling of .desktop and .directory files, as demonstrated by a shell command on an Icon line in a .desktop file.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4100-1 KConfig and KDE libraries vulnerabilities
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Solution

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References
Link Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00013.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00016.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00034.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153981/Slackware-Security-Advisory-kdelibs-Updates.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2606 cve-icon cve-icon
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/zeropwn/630832df151029cb8f22d5b6b9efaefb/raw/64aa3d30279acb207f787ce9c135eefd5e52643b/kde-kdesktopfile-command-injection.txt cve-icon cve-icon
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20190807-1.txt cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00023.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5IRIKH7ZWXELIQT6WSLV7EG3VTFWKZPD/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNHO6FZRYBQ2R3UCFDGS66F6DNNTKCMM/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UYKLUSSEK3YJOVQDL6K2LKGS3354UH6L/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WTFBQRJAU7ITD3TOMPZAUQMYYCAZ6DTX/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YIDXQ6CUB5E7Y3MJWCUY4VR42QAE6SCJ/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14744 cve-icon
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/12 cve-icon cve-icon
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/9 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-07 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4100-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14744 cve-icon
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4494 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.zdnet.com/article/unpatched-kde-vulnerability-disclosed-on-twitter/ cve-icon cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T00:26:38.664Z

Reserved: 2019-08-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-14744

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-08-07T15:15:13.970

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:27:15.153

Link: CVE-2019-14744

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2019-08-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-14744 - Bugzilla

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