Is CVE-2020-27187 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-27187 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-27187?

CVE-2020-27187 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-27187?

CVE-2020-27187 has an EPSS score of 0.42% (34th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2020-27187?

Upgrade kpmcore on debian 11 to 4.2.0-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-27187

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in KDE Partition Manager 4.1.0 before 4.2.0. The kpmcore_externalcommand helper contains a logic flaw in which the service invoking D-Bus is not properly checked. An attacker on the local machine can replace /etc/fstab, and execute mount and other partitioning related commands, while KDE Partition Manager is running. the mount command can then be used to gain full root privileges.

How to fix

Remediation Available

kpmcoreDebian

Fixed in:4.2.0-1CVE-2020-27187

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.42%probability of exploitation in 30 days

34thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 34% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

kde.org

Vendor Advisory1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Third-Party Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.