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A vulnerability has been found in KDE Plasma Workspace up to 5.11.x and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the file dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp of the component Notifications. The manipulation of the argument src as part of a IMG Element leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (IP Address). The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses via a URL in a notification, as demonstrated by the src attribute of an IMG element.

The bug was discovered 01/31/2018. The weakness was presented 02/07/2018 as confirmed git commit (GIT Repository). The advisory is available at cgit.kde.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-6790 since 02/06/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106784 (Fedora 27 : plasma-workspace (2018-fa58e0c507)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277181 (Fedora Security Update for plasma-workspace (FEDORA-2018-fa58e0c507)).

Upgrading to version 5.12.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at cgit.kde.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (106784). See 112919 for similar entry.

Productinfo

Vendor

• KDE

Name

• Plasma Workspace

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.11

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.3
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Name: IP Address
Class: Information disclosure / IP Address
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 106784
Nessus Name: Fedora 27 : plasma-workspace (2018-fa58e0c507)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 861332
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for plasma5-workspace openSUSE-SU-2018:0397-1 (plasma5-workspace)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Plasma Workspace 5.12.0
Patch: cgit.kde.org

Timelineinfo

01/31/2018 🔍
02/06/2018 +6 days 🔍
02/06/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/07/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/07/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/12/2018 +5 days 🔍
02/13/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/03/2023 +1816 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kde.org

Advisory: FEDORA-2018-fa58e0c507
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-6790 (🔍)
See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 02/07/2018 08:36
Updated: 02/03/2023 17:52
Changes: 02/07/2018 08:36 (81), 01/02/2020 11:08 (3), 02/03/2023 17:45 (4), 02/03/2023 17:52 (1)
Complete: 🔍

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