Description
The VNC server implementation in QEMU, as used by Xen and possibly other environments, allows local users of a guest operating system to read arbitrary files on the host operating system via unspecified vectors related to QEMU monitor mode, as demonstrated by mapping files to a CDROM device. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Published: 2007-03-20
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 2.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-0992 The VNC server implementation in QEMU, as used by Xen and possibly other environments, allows local users of a guest operating system to read arbitrary files on the host operating system via unspecified vectors related to QEMU monitor mode, as demonstrated by mapping files to a CDROM device. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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Redhat Enterprise Linux Fedora Core
Xen Qemu
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:43:21.585Z

Reserved: 2007-02-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-0998

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-03-20T10:19:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-0998

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2007-03-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-0998 - Bugzilla

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