cve/2023/CVE-2023-28144.md

### [CVE-2023-28144](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-28144)
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### Description

KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/karimhabush/cyberowl