DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28144

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-28144
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28144.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28144
Upstream
Published
2023-03-14T19:15:10.643Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:16:35.265515Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevateperfprivileges.sh chown calls.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / hotspot

Package

Name
hotspot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hotspot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28144.json"

Debian:12 / hotspot

Package

Name
hotspot
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/hotspot?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28144.json"