An issue has been fixed in Qt versions 5.14.0 where QPluginLoader attempts to load plugins relative to the working directory, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted files.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue has been fixed in Qt versions 5.14.0 where QPluginLoader attempts to load plugins relative to the     working directory, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted files. (CVE-2020-24742)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

According to the versions of the qt5-qtbase packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    An issue has been fixed in Qt versions 5.14.0 where QPluginLoader attempts to load plugins relative to the     working directory, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted files.(CVE-2020-24742)

    Qt5 versions up to qt 5.12.7, qt 5.14.1, qt 5.15.0 allows plugins to be loaded from current working     directory, this can lead to compromised plugins to loaded leading to possible arbitrary code     execution.(CVE-2020-24741)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS qt5-qtbase security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of qt5-qtbase installed on the remote host is prior to 5.9.2-3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1543 advisory.

    2023-08-03: CVE-2020-24742 was added to this advisory.

    Files placed by attacker can influence the working directory and lead to malicious code execution     (CVE-2020-0569)

    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. (CVE-2020-0570)

    An issue has been fixed in Qt versions 5.14.0 where QPluginLoader attempts to load plugins relative to the     working directory, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted files. (CVE-2020-24742)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
229918	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-24742	Nessus	Misc.	high
154809	EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : qt5-qtbase (EulerOS-SA-2021-2642)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
141971	Amazon Linux 2 : qt5-qtbase (ALAS-2020-1543)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2020-24742

high

Tenable Plugins

high

high

high