CVE-2021-28117 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.)

Published: 2021-03-20

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kde:discover:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00706.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/KDE/discover/commit/fcd3b30552bf03a384b1a16f9bb8db029c111356
https://github.com/KDE/discover/releases
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/commit/94478827aab63d2e2321f0ca9ec5553718798e60
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20210310-1.txt
https://userbase.kde.org/Discover

History

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Kde Discover

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-03-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-10-15T18:08:32.926Z

Reserved: 2021-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-28117

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T21:33:17.399Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-20T21:15:11.827

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:59:06.940

Link: CVE-2021-28117

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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