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CVE-2023-28144

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.

Affected products

• Kdab Hotspot: from 1.3.0 through 1.4.1

References

• https://github.com/KDAB/hotspot/releases
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/14/8
• https://github.com/KDAB/hotspot/releases
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/14/8

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