CVE-2018-6791
highpriority · track · 37EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction.cpp in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. When a vfat thumbdrive that contains `` or $() in its volume label is plugged in and mounted through the device notifier, it's interpreted as a shell command, leading to a possibility of arbitrary command execution. An example of an offending volume label is "$(touch b)" -- this will create a file called b in the home folder.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.4–7.2
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- rarar0/KDE_VulnCVE-2018-6791 TroubleshootingPoC · poc_in_github
affected products (3)
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also known as (3)
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references (9)
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- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389815cnnvd
- https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=9db872df82c258315c6ebad800af59e81ffb9212cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4116cnnvd
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389815enisa_euvd
- https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=9db872df82c258315c6ebad800af59e81ffb9212enisa_euvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4116enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=389815Issue TrackingVendor Advisorynvd
- https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=9db872df82c258315c6ebad800af59e81ffb9212Vendor Advisorynvd
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