CVE-2018-6791 — OS Command Injection in Plasma-workspace

CWE-78 — OS Command InjectionCWE-138 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements9 documents8 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 50.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
KDE Plasma-workspaceDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedFeb 7
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction.cpp in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. When a vfat thumbdrive that contains `` or $() in its volume label is plugged in and mounted through the device notifier, it's interpreted as a shell command, leading to a possibility of arbitrary command execution. An example of an offending volume label is "$(touch b)" -- this will create a file called b in the home folder.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDkde/plasma-workspace< 5.12.0
▶Debiankde/plasma-workspace< 4:5.12.0-2+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-wfc7-x8jc-jx99: An issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-6791: An issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction↗2018-02-07
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OSV
CVE-2018-6791: An issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction↗2018-02-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kde-runtime: Arbitrary command execution in the removable device notifier↗2018-02-08
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Debian
CVE-2018-6791: plasma-workspace - An issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction.cpp in KDE Plasma W...↗2018
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
BeatCoin: Leaking Private Keys from Air-Gapped Cryptocurrency Wallets↗2018-04-23
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6790 CVE-2018-6791 plasma-workspace: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2018-02-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6791 kde-runtime: Arbitrary command execution in the removable device notifier↗2018-02-08
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CVE-2018-6791 — OS Command Injection | cvebase