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 files on a shared host directory. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to access host file system beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a host.
Published: 2018-07-09
Score: 9.0 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1035-1 qemu security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-965-1 qemu-kvm security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16494 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 files on a shared host directory. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to access host file system beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a host.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:04:11.568Z

Reserved: 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7471

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-09T14:29:00.210

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:31:58.140

Link: CVE-2017-7471

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7471 - Bugzilla

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