PT-2013-3502

CVE-2013-2007

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Published

2013-05-21

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Updated

2024-06-15

Description by

CVSS 2.0
6.9
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Qemu versions 1.4.1 and earlier
Description The issue concerns the qemu guest agent in Qemu, which is used by Xen. When the agent is started in daemon mode, it utilizes weak permissions for certain files. This weakness allows local users to read and write to these files.
Recommendations For Qemu versions 1.4.1 and earlier, consider restricting access to the affected files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid running the qemu guest agent in daemon mode to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Exploitability
Fix
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
Related identifiers
CESA-2013_0896
MGASA-2013-0169
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1
RHSA-2013:0896
RHSA-2013_0896
SUSE-SU-2013_1214-1
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