An issue was discovered in KDE Partition Manager 4.1.0 before 4.2.0. The kpmcore_externalcommand helper contains a logic flaw in which the service invoking D-Bus is not properly checked. An attacker on the local machine can replace /etc/fstab, and execute mount and other partitioning related commands, while KDE Partition Manager is running. the mount command can then be used to gain full root privileges.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-19710 An issue was discovered in KDE Partition Manager 4.1.0 before 4.2.0. The kpmcore_externalcommand helper contains a logic flaw in which the service invoking D-Bus is not properly checked. An attacker on the local machine can replace /etc/fstab, and execute mount and other partitioning related commands, while KDE Partition Manager is running. the mount command can then be used to gain full root privileges.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-04T16:11:35.915Z

Reserved: 2020-10-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-27187

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Status : Modified

Published: 2020-10-26T17:15:12.813

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:20:50.303

Link: CVE-2020-27187

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