CVE-2017-7493 | BDVDB-2026-85541 Detail
QEMUqemu
Description#
Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper access control issue. It could occur while accessing virtfs metadata files in mapped-file security mode. A guest user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges inside guest.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98574
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-05/msg03663.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1451709
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/278
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.