CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7471
9.0 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-07-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.0 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.7 HIGH — AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732
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.
Affected configurations
• qemu qemu (<= 2.8.1.1)
• qemu qemu 2.9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/19/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97970 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7471 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9c6b899f7a46893ab3b671e341a2234e9c0c060e git.qemu.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/19/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97970 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7471 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9c6b899f7a46893ab3b671e341a2234e9c0c060e git.qemu.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03 Third Party Advisory