7.7
CVSSv2

CVE-2017-7471

Published: 09/07/2018 Updated: 12/02/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.7 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 5.1
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9 | Impact Score: 6 | Exploitability Score: 2.3
VMScore: 685
Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

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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Debian Bug report logs - #860785 qemu: CVE-2017-7471: 9p: virtfs allows guest to change filesystem attributes on host Package: src:qemu; Maintainer for src:qemu is Debian QEMU Team <pkg-qemu-devel@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 05:18:02 UTC Sever ...
Debian Bug report logs - #861348 qemu: CVE-2017-8086: 9pfs: host memory leakage via v9pfs_list_xattr Package: src:qemu; Maintainer for src:qemu is Debian QEMU Team <pkg-qemu-devel@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 19:45:02 UTC Severity: normal Tags: ...
Debian Bug report logs - #861351 qemu: CVE-2017-8112: scsi: vmw_pvscsi: infinite loop in pvscsi_log2 Package: src:qemu; Maintainer for src:qemu is Debian QEMU Team <pkg-qemu-devel@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:09:01 UTC Severity: normal Tags ...
Debian Bug report logs - #862289 qemu: CVE-2017-8379: host memory lekage via keyboard events Package: src:qemu; Maintainer for src:qemu is Debian QEMU Team <pkg-qemu-devel@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 16:45:01 UTC Severity: minor Tags: patch, s ...
Debian Bug report logs - #862282 qemu: CVE-2017-8380: scsi: megasas: out-of-bounds read in megasas_mmio_write Package: src:qemu; Maintainer for src:qemu is Debian QEMU Team <pkg-qemu-devel@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 15:09:04 UTC Severity: nor ...
Debian Bug report logs - #862280 qemu: CVE-2017-8309: audio: host memory leakage via capture buffer Package: src:qemu; Maintainer for src:qemu is Debian QEMU Team <pkg-qemu-devel@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 14:57:04 UTC Severity: minor Tags: f ...
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 escalati ...