CVE-2020-35517 (GCVE-0-2020-35517)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-28 19:13 – Updated: 2024-08-04 17:02
VLAI
EPSS
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Summary
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.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/ebf101955ce8f… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915823 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/202… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2021031… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
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