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CVE-2020-0570 json

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…

published 6y ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2020-2068

cvss
7.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • qt qt 5.9.10, 5.12.7, 5.14.0
  • qtbase-opensource-src Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.12.5+dfsg-8

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-0570

  • qt5-qtbase RHEL 8 5.12.5-6.el8
  • qt5-qtwebsockets RHEL 8 5.12.5-2.el8
  • qt5-qttools RHEL 8 5.12.5-2.el8
  • qt5-designer RHEL 8 5.12.5-2.el8
  • qt5-doctools RHEL 8 5.12.5-2.el8
  • qt5-linguist RHEL 8 5.12.5-2.el8
  • qt5-assistant RHEL 8 5.12.5-2.el8
  • qt5-qtbase-gui RHEL 8 5.12.5-6.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4690RHSA-2020:4025

  • libqt5-qtbase openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.15.2+kde222-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10975-1

  • qt5-qtwebsockets Rocky Linux 8 5.12.5-2.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:4690

  • qt5-qtsvg CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.12.11-3

azure linux advisories AZL-6834

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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red hat product security vex CVE-2020-0570 updated cvss 7.3

qt: files placed by attacker can influence the working directory and lead to malicious code execution

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 qt5, qt5-rpm-macros, qt5-srpm-macros
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) qt5-qtbase-static 5.12.5-6.el8, qt5-qttools-static 5.12.5-2.el8, qt5-qtbase-debuginfo 5.12.5-6.el8, qt5-qttools-debuginfo 5.12.5-2.el8, qt5-designer-debuginfo 5.12.5-2.el8, qt5-doctools-debuginfo 5.12.5-2.el8, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) qt5-qtbase 5.12.5-6.el8, qt5-qttools 5.12.5-2.el8, qt5-designer 5.12.5-2.el8, qt5-doctools 5.12.5-2.el8, qt5-linguist 5.12.5-2.el8, qt5-assistant 5.12.5-2.el8, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4690
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) qt5-qtbase 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-gui 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-common 5.9.7-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) qt5-rpm-macros 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-odbc 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-mysql 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-examples 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-postgresql 5.9.7-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) qt5-qtbase 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-gui 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-rpm-macros 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-odbc 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-mysql 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-common 5.9.7-4.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) qt5-qtbase 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-gui 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-rpm-macros 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-odbc 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-mysql 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-common 5.9.7-4.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) qt5-qtbase-examples 5.9.7-4.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) qt5-qtbase 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-gui 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-rpm-macros 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-odbc 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-mysql 5.9.7-4.el7, qt5-qtbase-common 5.9.7-4.el7, +1 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) qt5-qtbase-examples 5.9.7-4.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4025

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugreports.qt.io https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-81272 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a QT Library

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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