CVE-2011-2527

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 12 years ago

2012-06-21 15:55:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-29 01:29:00

Affected Software

QEMU 0.1

0.1

QEMU 0.1.1

0.1.1

QEMU 0.1.2

0.1.2

QEMU 0.1.3

0.1.3

QEMU 0.1.4

0.1.4

QEMU 0.1.5

0.1.5

QEMU 0.1.6

0.1.6

QEMU 0.2

0.2

QEMU 0.3

0.3

QEMU 0.4

0.4

QEMU 0.4.1

0.4.1

QEMU 0.4.2

0.4.2

QEMU 0.4.3

0.4.3

QEMU 0.6.0

0.6.0

QEMU 0.6.1

0.6.1

QEMU 0.7.0

0.7.0

QEMU 0.7.1

0.7.1

QEMU 0.7.2

0.7.2

QEMU 0.8.0

0.8.0

QEMU 0.8.1

0.8.1

QEMU 0.8.2

0.8.2

QEMU 0.9.0

0.9.0

QEMU 0.9.1

0.9.1

QEMU 0.9.1-5

0.9.1-5

QEMU 0.10.0

0.10.0

QEMU 0.10.1

0.10.1

QEMU 0.10.2

0.10.2

QEMU 0.10.3

0.10.3

QEMU 0.10.4

0.10.4

QEMU 0.10.5

0.10.5

QEMU 0.10.6

0.10.6

QEMU 0.11.0

0.11.0

QEMU 0.11.0-rc0

0.11.0

QEMU 0.11.0 release candidate 1

0.11.0

QEMU 0.11.0 release candidate 2

0.11.0

QEMU 0.11.0-rc0

0.11.0-rc0

QEMU 0.11.0-rc1

0.11.0-rc1

QEMU 0.11.0-rc2

0.11.0-rc2

QEMU 0.11.1

0.11.1

QEMU 0.12.0

0.12.0

QEMU 0.12.0 release candidate 1

0.12.0

QEMU 0.12.0 release candidate 2

0.12.0

QEMU 0.12.1

0.12.1

QEMU 0.12.2

0.12.2

QEMU 0.12.3

0.12.3

QEMU 0.12.4

0.12.4

QEMU 0.12.5

0.12.5

QEMU 0.13.0

0.13.0

QEMU 0.13.0 release candidate 0

0.13.0

QEMU 0.13.0 release candidate 1

0.13.0

QEMU

QEMU 0.14.0 release candidate 0

0.14.0

QEMU 0.14.0 release candidate 1

0.14.0

QEMU 0.14.0 release candidate 2

0.14.0

QEMU 0.14.1

0.14.1

QEMU 0.15.0 release candidate 1

0.15.0

QEMU 0.15.0 release candidate 2

0.15.0

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