PT-2018-8389

CVE-2017-7471

Published

2017-04-25

Updated

2024-06-15

Description by

CVSS 3.1

9.0

Critical

MetricsAV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Qemu (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an improper access control problem in Qemu when built with VirtFS and 9pfs support. This could allow a privileged user inside a guest to access the host file system beyond the shared folder, potentially escalating their privileges on the host.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Impacts

Researchers

Prasad Pandit

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Related identifiers

CVE-2017-7471

ALT-PU-2017-1521

DLA-1035-1