Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-35517 - Unspecified vulnerability in Qemu
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
HIGH Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A flaw was found in qemu. A host privilege escalation issue was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon where a privileged guest user is able to create a device special file in the shared directory and use it to r/w access host devices.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 20 |
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915823
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915823
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/ebf101955ce8f8d72fba103b5151115a4335de2c
- https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/ebf101955ce8f8d72fba103b5151115a4335de2c
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-01/msg05461.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-01/msg05461.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0002/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0002/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/22/1
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/22/1