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CVE-2018-6791

An issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction.cpp in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5...

6.8 MediumPublic exploitFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.78%Down 5.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

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.

Record
CVE-2018-6791
CVSS 3.0
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.2 HighAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2018-6791
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-18538 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2018-18538
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wfc7-x8jc-jx99 6.8

An issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction.cpp in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5...

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.

Record
GHSA-wfc7-x8jc-jx99
CVSS 3.0
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-78
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.8

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.

Record
CVE-2018-6791
CVSS 3.0
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-6791 6.8

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-6791
CVSS 3.0
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-6791 6.8

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6791
CVSS 3.0
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2018:0397-1 No score

Security update for plasma5-workspace

This update for plasma5-workspace fixes security issues and bugs.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

  • CVE-2018-6790: Desktop notifications could have been used to load arbitrary remote images into Plasma, allowing for client IP discovery (boo#1079429)
  • CVE-2018-6791: A specially crafted file system label may have allowed execution of arbitrary code (boo#1079751)

The following bugs were fixed:

  • Plasma could freeze with certain notifications (boo#1013550)
Record
openSUSE-SU-2018:0397-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2018:0398-1 No score

Security update for plasma5-workspace

This update for plasma5-workspace fixes security issues and bugs.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

  • CVE-2018-6790: Desktop notifications could have been used to load arbitrary remote images into Plasma, allowing for client IP discovery (boo#1079429)
  • CVE-2018-6791: A specially crafted file system label may have allowed execution of arbitrary code (boo#1079751)

The following bugs were fixed:

  • Plasma could freeze with certain notifications (boo#1013550)
Record
openSUSE-SU-2018:0398-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
plasma-workspace
Debian:12
before 4:5.12.0-2
4:5.12.0-2
plasma-workspace
Debian:13
before 4:5.12.0-2
4:5.12.0-2
plasma-workspace
Debian:14
before 4:5.12.0-2
4:5.12.0-2
plasma-workspace
Debian:9
before 4:5.8.6-2.1+deb9u1, plus listed versions
4:5.8.6-2.1
4:5.8.6-2.1+deb9u1
plasma-workspace
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions
4:5.4.2-0ubuntu14:5.4.3-0ubuntu14:5.5.4-0ubuntu14:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1
4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1.1
plasma5-workspace
SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 2 CVEs
before 5.8.7-8.1
5.8.7-8.1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
PoC in GitHubrarar0/KDE_Vuln2018-02-12

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-6791 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Debian Linux, published February 7, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.78%, the 55th percentile. Fixed in plasma-workspace 4:5.12.0-2.

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