CVE-2018-10361 describes an insecure temporary file handling vulnerability in KTextEditor versions 5.34.0 through 5.45.0, impacting the Kate text editor. This flaw allows an unprivileged local user to escalate privileges to root through a symlink attack, specifically when another user with root authentication capabilities writes a file into a directory owned by the unprivileged user. The vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.34.0, <= 5.45.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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