CVE-2011-2527

Summary

CVECVE-2011-2527
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-21 15:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe change_process_uid function in os-posix.c in Qemu 0.14.0 and earlier does not properly drop group privileges when the -runas option is used, which allows local guest users to access restricted files on the host.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.1.6 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.10.6 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0-rc0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0-rc1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.0-rc2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.11.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.4 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.12.5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.13.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.13.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.13.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.14.0 rc0 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.14.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.14.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.14.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.15.0 rc1 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.15.0 rc2 All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.2.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.3.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.4.3 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.6.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.6.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.7.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.8.2 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.9.0 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.9.1 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu 0.9.1-5 All All All
Application Qemu Qemu All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2012:0207-1: moderate: kvm: fixing initgroups bug and e1000 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2282-1 qemu-kvm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Qemu Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/74752 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Security Advisory SA47992 - SUSE update for kvm - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
KVM qemu-kvm Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: qemu -runas does not clear supplementary groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Security Advisory SA47157 - Red Hat update for qemu-kvm - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug #807893 “qemu privilege escalation” : Bugs : QEMU af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
Security Advisory SA45419 - Ubuntu update for qemu-kvm - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
USN-1177-1: QEMU vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
oss-security - CVE Request: qemu -runas does not clear supplementary groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: qemu-0.14.0-9.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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