Description
A flaw was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon (virtiofsd) of QEMU. The new 'xattrmap' option may cause the 'security.capability' xattr in the guest to not drop on file write, potentially leading to a modified, privileged executable in the guest. In rare circumstances, this flaw could be used by a malicious user to elevate their privileges within the guest.
Published: 2021-03-09
Score: 3.3 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-7699 A flaw was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon (virtiofsd) of QEMU. The new 'xattrmap' option may cause the 'security.capability' xattr in the guest to not drop on file write, potentially leading to a modified, privileged executable in the guest. In rare circumstances, this flaw could be used by a malicious user to elevate their privileges within the guest.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:37:23.570Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-20263

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-09T18:15:15.593

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:46:14.223

Link: CVE-2021-20263

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-20263 - Bugzilla

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