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CVE-2017-7471
Published: Jul 9, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
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References
GLSA-201706-03
vendor-advisory
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97970
vdb-entry
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7471
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[oss-security] 20170419 CVE-2017-7471 Qemu: 9p: virtfs allows guest to change filesystem attributes on host
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