CVE-2013-4401

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4401
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-11-02 18:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe virConnectDomainXMLToNative API function in libvirt 1.1.0 through 1.1.3 checks for the connect:read permission instead of the connect:write permission, which allows attackers to gain domain:write privileges and execute Qemu binaries via crafted XML. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 8.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.1.0 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.1.2 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.1.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA60895 - Gentoo update for libvirt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
libvirt: Wiki: Maintenance Releases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.libvirt.org
Security Advisory SA55210 - libvirt Privilege Escalation and Security Bypass Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
libvirt API Access Control Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
USN-2026-1: libvirt vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libvirt.org
1015259 – (CVE-2013-4401) CVE-2013-4401 libvirt: unintended API access due to incorrect permissions checks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit MITRE libvirt.org
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