QEMU 'hw/9pfs/9p-local.c' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:98574

Info

QEMU 'hw/9pfs/9p-local.c' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 98574
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2017-7493
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 17 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 25 2017 01:08AM
Credit: Leo Gaspard.
Vulnerable: QEMU QEMU 0
openSUSE Leap 42.2
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

QEMU 'hw/9pfs/9p-local.c' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

QEMU is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to to gain elevated privileges.

Exploit / POC

QEMU 'hw/9pfs/9p-local.c' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

QEMU 'hw/9pfs/9p-local.c' Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

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