Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-8556 - Race Condition vulnerability in Qemu

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
qemu
CWE-362
critical
nessus
exploit available
NVD
Published: 2017-03-24
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Gentoo QEMU package before 2.5.0-r1.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Qemu
199

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Leveraging Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
  • Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.

Exploit-Db

descriptionGentoo Local Priv Escalation in QEMU. CVE-2015-8556. Local exploit for linux platform
fileexploits/linux/local/39010.c
idEDB-ID:39010
last seen2016-02-04
modified2015-12-17
platformlinux
port
published2015-12-17
reporterzx2c4
sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/39010/
titleGentoo Local Priv Escalation in QEMU
typelocal

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201602-01.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201602-01 (QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker might cause a Denial of Service or gain escalated privileges from a guest VM. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id88587
published2016-02-05
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/88587
titleGLSA-201602-01 : QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (Venom)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201602-01.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(88587);
  script_version("2.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/04/11 17:23:06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1779", "CVE-2015-3456", "CVE-2015-5225", "CVE-2015-5278", "CVE-2015-5279", "CVE-2015-5745", "CVE-2015-6815", "CVE-2015-6855", "CVE-2015-7295", "CVE-2015-7504", "CVE-2015-7512", "CVE-2015-7549", "CVE-2015-8345", "CVE-2015-8504", "CVE-2015-8556", "CVE-2015-8558", "CVE-2015-8567", "CVE-2015-8568", "CVE-2015-8666", "CVE-2015-8701", "CVE-2015-8743", "CVE-2015-8744", "CVE-2015-8745", "CVE-2016-1568");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201602-01");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201602-01 : QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities (Venom)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201602-01
(QEMU: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in QEMU. Please review the
      CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker might cause a Denial of Service or gain escalated
      privileges from a guest VM.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-01"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All QEMU users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/qemu-2.5.0-r1'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:qemu");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/02/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/02/05");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"app-emulation/qemu", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.5.0-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.5.0-r1"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "QEMU");
}

Packetstorm

data sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/134948/virtfshell-exec.txt
idPACKETSTORM:134948
last seen2016-12-05
published2015-12-17
reporterzx2c4
sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134948/Gentoo-QEMU-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
titleGentoo QEMU Local Privilege Escalation

References