CVE-2017-7493

2017-05-1715:00:00

redhat

www.cve.org

8.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

26.9%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "qemu",
    "vendor": "QEMU",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.7.4"
      }
    ]
  }
]