CVE-2017-7493

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

published May 17, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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 virtfs metadata files in mapped-file security mode. A guest user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges inside guest.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00367 · 29.1th percentile
Published
2017-05-17T15:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 MAY 15:00Z
    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
    cvelistv5