CVE-2023-28144

Published: Mar 14, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

7.0

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

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 elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.

Affected (1)

Products: Kdab: Hotspot

Kdab

1 product

Hotspot

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Kdab Hotspot	From 1.3.0 to 1.4.1

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (4)

https://github.com/KDAB/hotspot/releases

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/14/8

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/KDAB/hotspot/releases

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Release Notes

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/14/8

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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