Arbitrary library loading via theme path traversal
Published Feb 11, 2024 · Updated Apr 24, 2025
Path traversal in KDE Plasma Workspace 5.93.0 allows attackers to load arbitrary libraries through a crafted theme configuration. EventPluginsManager::loadPlugin concatenates enabledCalendarPlugins pluginId input with the plugin directory and passes the result to QPluginLoader, permitting traversal to an arbitrary .so file. Exploitation requires write access to the user's home directory or installation of a third-party global theme, and successful loading executes the library in the Plasma session.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in KDE Plasma Workspace 5.93.0 allows attackers to load arbitrary libraries through a crafted theme configuration. EventPluginsManager::loadPlugin concatenates enabledCalendarPlugins pluginId input with the plugin directory and passes the result to QPluginLoader, permitting traversal to an arbitrary .so file. Exploitation requires write access to the user's home directory or installation of a third-party global theme, and successful loading executes the library in the Plasma session.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-1433
- Published
- Feb 11, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 24, 2025
- Vendor
- KDE
- Product
- Plasma Workspace
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 11, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=5.0
- Affected versionversion=5.1
- Affected versionversion=5.10
- Affected versionversion=5.11
- Affected versionversion=5.12
- Affected versionversion=5.13
- Affected versionversion=5.14
- Affected versionversion=5.15
- Affected versionversion=5.16
- Affected versionversion=5.17
- Affected versionversion=5.18
- Affected versionversion=5.19
- Affected versionversion=5.2
- Affected versionversion=5.20
- Affected versionversion=5.21
- Affected versionversion=5.22
- Affected versionversion=5.23
- Affected versionversion=5.24
- Affected versionversion=5.25
- Affected versionversion=5.26
- Affected versionversion=5.27
- Affected versionversion=5.28
- Affected versionversion=5.29
- Affected versionversion=5.3
- Affected versionversion=5.30
- Affected versionversion=5.31
- Affected versionversion=5.32
- Affected versionversion=5.33
- Affected versionversion=5.34
- Affected versionversion=5.35
- Affected versionversion=5.36
- Affected versionversion=5.37
- Affected versionversion=5.38
- Affected versionversion=5.39
- Affected versionversion=5.4
- Affected versionversion=5.40
- Affected versionversion=5.41
- Affected versionversion=5.42
- Affected versionversion=5.43
- Affected versionversion=5.44
- Affected versionversion=5.45
- Affected versionversion=5.46
- Affected versionversion=5.47
- Affected versionversion=5.48
- Affected versionversion=5.49
- Affected versionversion=5.5
- Affected versionversion=5.50
- Affected versionversion=5.51
- Affected versionversion=5.52
- Affected versionversion=5.53
- Affected versionversion=5.54
- Affected versionversion=5.55
- Affected versionversion=5.56
- Affected versionversion=5.57
- Affected versionversion=5.58
- Affected versionversion=5.59
- Affected versionversion=5.6
- Affected versionversion=5.60
- Affected versionversion=5.61
- Affected versionversion=5.62
- Affected versionversion=5.63
- Affected versionversion=5.64
- Affected versionversion=5.65
- Affected versionversion=5.66
- Affected versionversion=5.67
- Affected versionversion=5.68
- Affected versionversion=5.69
- Affected versionversion=5.7
- Affected versionversion=5.70
- Affected versionversion=5.71
- Affected versionversion=5.72
- Affected versionversion=5.73
- Affected versionversion=5.74
- Affected versionversion=5.75
- Affected versionversion=5.76
- Affected versionversion=5.77
- Affected versionversion=5.78
- Affected versionversion=5.79
- Affected versionversion=5.8
- Affected versionversion=5.80
- Affected versionversion=5.81
- Affected versionversion=5.82
- Affected versionversion=5.83
- Affected versionversion=5.84
- Affected versionversion=5.85
- Affected versionversion=5.86
- Affected versionversion=5.87
- Affected versionversion=5.88
- Affected versionversion=5.89
- Affected versionversion=5.9
- Affected versionversion=5.90
- Affected versionversion=5.91
- Affected versionversion=5.92
- Affected versionversion=5.93
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