CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-23853

The LSP (Language Server Protocol) plugin in KDE Kate before 21.12.2 and KTextEditor before 5.91.0 tries to execute the associated LSP server binary when opening a file of a given type. If this binary is absent from the PATH, it will try running the LSP server binary in the directory of the file that was just opened (due to a misunderstanding of the QProcess API, that was never intended). This can be an untrusted directory.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://apps.kde.org/kate/ Product Vendor Advisory
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20220131-1.txt Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:kde:ktexteditor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-02-11 06:15

Updated : 2022-02-18 08:29

NVD link : CVE-2022-23853

Mitre link : CVE-2022-23853

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-20