Description
kwallet-pam in KDE KWallet before 5.12.6 allows local users to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4200
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://commits.kde.org/kwallet-pam/99abc7fde21f40cc6da5feb6ee766cc46fcca1f8
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1090863
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://commits.kde.org/kwallet-pam/01d4143fda5bddb6dca37b23304dc239a5fb38b5
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://commits.kde.org/kwallet-pam/802f305d81f8771c4f4a8bd7fd0e368ffc6f9b3b
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://commits.kde.org/kwallet-pam/2134dec85ce19d6378d03cddfae9e5e464cb24c0
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20180503-1.txt
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
25.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
kde/plasma
< 5.12.6
opensuse/leap
15.0
opensuse/leap
42.3
Published
May 08, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026