Upstream information

CVE-2023-28144 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (CISA-ADP) National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7 7
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity High High
Privileges Required Low Low
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact High High
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1209206 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • hotspot >= 1.4.1-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-12782

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Mar 13 12:30:10 2023
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:46:06 2025