Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-6791
An issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction.cpp in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. When a vfat thumbdrive that contains `` or $() in its volume label is plugged in and mounted through the device notifier, it's interpreted as a shell command, leading to a possibility of arbitrary command execution. An example of an offending volume label is "$(touch b)" -- this will create a file called b in the home folder.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 44.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
Products affected by CVE-2018-6791
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:4.96.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:4.97.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:4.98.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.0.95
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.1.95
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.10.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.10.3
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.10.4
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.10.5
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.10.95
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.11.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.11.3
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.11.4
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.11.5
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.11.95
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.2.95
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.3.95
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.4.95
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.5.95
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.6.4
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.6.5
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.6.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.7.4
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.7.5
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.7.95
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.8.3
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.8.4
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.8.5
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.8.6
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.8.7
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.8.8
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.8.9
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.8.95
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.9.3
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.9.4
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.9.5
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cpe:2.3:a:kde:plasma-workspace:5.9.95
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0