High severity · published May 8, 2018
CVE-2018-10380
kwallet-pam in KDE KWallet before 5.12.6 allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
kwallet-pam in KDE KWallet before 5.12.6 allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0; 42.3 · source: NVD
PL
Plasma · Kde
before 5.12.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10380
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10380
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1090863
Patch
https://commits.kde.org/kwallet-pam/01d4143fda5bddb6dca37b23304dc239a5fb38b5
Patch
https://commits.kde.org/kwallet-pam/2134dec85ce19d6378d03cddfae9e5e464cb24c0
Patch
https://commits.kde.org/kwallet-pam/802f305d81f8771c4f4a8bd7fd0e368ffc6f9b3b
Patch
https://commits.kde.org/kwallet-pam/99abc7fde21f40cc6da5feb6ee766cc46fcca1f8
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4200
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