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Improper Privilege Management Affecting qemu package, versions <1:5.2+dfsg-5

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Privileges Required High
    Scope Changed
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (21st percentile)
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NVD
8.2 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-QEMU-1558479
  • published 23 Jan 2021
  • disclosed 28 Jan 2021
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Introduced: 23 Jan 2021

CVE-2020-35517 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-269 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-284 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 qemu to version 1:5.2+dfsg-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in qemu. A host privilege escalation issue was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon where a privileged guest user is able to create a device special file in the shared directory and use it to r/w access host devices.