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CVE-2021-28117

HIGH

7.5

Description

libdiscover/backends/KNSBackend/KNSResource.cpp in KDE Discover before 5.21.3 automatically creates links to potentially dangerous URLs (that are neither https:// nor http://) based on the content of the store.kde.org web site. (5.18.7 is also a fixed version.)

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published3/20/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

kde:discover

References

https://github.com/KDE/discover/commit/fcd3b30552bf03a384b1a16f9bb8db029c111356(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/KDE/discover/releases(cve@mitre.org)

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/commit/94478827aab63d2e2321f0ca9ec5553718798e60(cve@mitre.org)

https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20210310-1.txt(cve@mitre.org)

https://userbase.kde.org/Discover(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/KDE/discover/commit/fcd3b30552bf03a384b1a16f9bb8db029c111356(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/KDE/discover/releases(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/commit/94478827aab63d2e2321f0ca9ec5553718798e60(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20210310-1.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://userbase.kde.org/Discover(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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