CVE-2017-7493
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 17, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 5, 2017
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
qemuQEMU |
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References
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security updatemailing-list
- GLSA-201706-03vendor-advisory
- 98574vdb-entry
- [qemu-devel] 20170516 [PULL] 9pfs: local: forbid client access to metadata (CVE-2017-7493)mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1451709
- [oss-security] 20170517 CVE-2017-7493 Qemu: 9pfs: guest privilege escalation in virtfs mapped-file modemailing-list
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