Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package qemu  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-QEMU-615711
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed9 Jul 2018

Introduced: 9 Jul 2018

CVE-2017-7471  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:14.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qemu package and not the qemu package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.