UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28144
- 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
- 2025-07-14T06:46:16.253246Z
- 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
- - 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
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / hotspot
Package
- Name
- hotspot
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/hotspot@1.3.0-2ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=jammy