{"id":"CVE-2023-28144","details":"KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:13.968652852Z","published":"2023-03-14T00:00:00Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:12782-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"mitre","osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/28xxx/CVE-2023-28144.json"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/14/8"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/28xxx/CVE-2023-28144.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28144"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/KDAB/hotspot/releases"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/kdab/hotspot","events":[{"introduced":"a7aacdb426f7838ede2640e66be4d2a9ab3dfc06"},{"fixed":"7f924516a28e615b4a74099cf2d86c2d97eca4e0"}],"database_specific":{"source":["DESCRIPTION","CPE_RANGE"],"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:kdab:hotspot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"1.4.x"},{"fixed":"1.4.1"},{"introduced":"1.3.0"},{"last_affected":"1.4.1"}]}}],"versions":["v1.4.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-28144.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}