CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-35517

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.

4.6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.2 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.5 / Impact : 6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915823 Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-01/msg05461.html Exploit Mailing List
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/22/1 Exploit Mailing List
https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/ebf101955ce8f8d72fba103b5151115a4335de2c Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0002/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-01-28 08:15

Updated : 2023-02-12 11:41

NVD link : CVE-2020-35517

Mitre link : CVE-2020-35517

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-269