Bug 1890199 (CVE-2020-27187) - CVE-2020-27187 kpmcore: kpmcore_externalcommand helper can be exploited in local privilege escalation
Summary: CVE-2020-27187 kpmcore: kpmcore_externalcommand helper can be exploited in lo...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2020-27187
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1890200 1890207
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2020-10-21 16:42 UTC by Michael Kaplan
Modified: 2020-11-23 09:24 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: kpmcore 4.2.0
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Last Closed: 2020-10-21 20:21:15 UTC
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Description Michael Kaplan 2020-10-21 16:42:33 UTC 
kpmcore_externalcommand helper contains a logic flaw in which the service invoking dbus
is not properly checked. An attacker on your local machine can replace /etc/fstab,
execute mount and other partitioning related commands while KDE Partition Manager is running.
mount command can then be used to gain full root privileges.
Comment 1 Michael Kaplan 2020-10-21 16:56:12 UTC 
Created kpmcore tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-8 [bug 1890207]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-10-21 20:21:15 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
Comment 3 msiddiqu 2020-11-23 09:24:27 UTC 
References: 
 
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20201017-1.txt
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