VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-28144

CVSS score7 HIGH

EPSS probability0.29%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2023-03-14

Last modified2026-06-17

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

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.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-362

Primary references

cve@mitre.org — Release Notes
cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory