Untrusted Search Path Affecting qt package, versions [,5.9.10)[5.10.0,5.12.7)[5.13.0,5.14.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-QT-2368827
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed14 Sept 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-0570  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-426  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade qt to version 5.9.10, 5.12.7, 5.14.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Untrusted Search Path. Uncontrolled search path in the QT Library before 5.14.0, 5.12.7 and 5.9.10 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable elevation of privilege via local access.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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