DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28144

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Source

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-28144

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28144.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28144

Upstream

CVE-2023-28144

Published

2023-03-14T19:15:10Z

Modified

2026-09-15T09:02:41Z

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

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 elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-28144

Affected packages

Debian:12 / hotspot

Package

Name: hotspot
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/hotspot?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.0-2

1.6.0-0.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28144.json"