UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28144

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-28144
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28144.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28144
Upstream
Published
2023-03-14T19:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:56:11Z
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
  • 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
  • Ubuntu - medium
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

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / hotspot

Package

Name
hotspot
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hotspot@1.1.0+git20190211-1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.0+git20190211-1ubuntu1
1.1.0+git20190211-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "hotspot",
            "binary_version": "1.1.0+git20190211-1ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / hotspot

Package

Name
hotspot
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hotspot@1.3.0-2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.0-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "hotspot",
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-2ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / hotspot

Package

Name
hotspot
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/hotspot@1.3.0-2ubuntu4?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.0-2ubuntu1
1.3.0-2ubuntu3
1.3.0-2ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "hotspot",
            "binary_version": "1.3.0-2ubuntu4"
        }
    ]
}