CVE-2020-27187 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can exploit a D-Bus validation flaw in KDE Partition Manager to execute privileged commands and gain root access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-27187?
CVE-2020-27187 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Oct 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in KDE Partition Manager 4.1.0 before 4.2.0. The kpmcore_externalcommand helper contains a logic flaw in which the service invoking D-Bus is not properly checked. An attacker on the local machine can replace /etc/fstab, and execute mount and other partitioning related commands, while KDE Partition Manager is running. the mount command can then be used to gain full root privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-27187?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kde Partition Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2020-27187?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2020-27187 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-27187 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-27187, GHSA-gpcw-46fq-3vqf, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-27187.