Vulnerability · Published Mar 14, 2023 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-28144
High 7.0
In plain English
A high-severity race condition in the hotspot package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | hotspot | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2023-28144 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | hotspot | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28144 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | hotspot | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28144 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | hotspot | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28144 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-362 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H