KDAB Hotspot privilege escalation | CVE-2023-28144
NAME
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KDAB Hotspot privilege escalation
Platforms Affected:
KDAB Hotspot 1.3
KDAB Hotspot 1.4.1
Risk Level:
7.8
Exploitability:
Unproven
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
DESCRIPTION
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KDAB Hotspot could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a race condition flaw involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Access Vector:
Local
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