CVE-2011-2527

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
21/06/2012
Last modified:
02/11/2020

Description

The change_process_uid function in os-posix.c in Qemu 0.14.0 and earlier does not properly drop group privileges when the -runas option is used, which allows local guest users to access restricted files on the host.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.14.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*