#VU78780 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in QEMU - CVE-2023-2861
Published: July 31, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU78780
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2861
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
QEMU
QEMU
Software vendor:
QEMU
QEMU
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the 9p passthrough filesystem (9pfs) implementation in QEMU. A local user can escape from the exported 9p tree by creating and opening a device file in the shared folder.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.