Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:27116Privilege Escalation
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Qemu is vulnerable to privilege escalation. An improper link following occurs when building with the VirtFS. A privileged user inside guest can exploit the vulnerability to access host file system beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a host.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| qemu:xenial | eq | 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10 | |
| qemu:xenial | eq | 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10 |
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/12
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95461
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037604
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9602
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg06225.html
lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg04347.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
Related
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C