CVE-2024-36041 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting KSmserver in KDE Plasma Workspace versions prior to 5.27.11.1 and 6.0.5.1. It allows local attackers to gain unauthorized access to a user's session manager, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution on the next system boot through the session-restore feature. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local user privileges, but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.27.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.0.0.0, < 6.0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.