Vulnerability in Libvirt
CVE-2008-5086
Multiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform administrative actions.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Libvirt — versions 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.4.1
References
- secunia.com/advisories/33217 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8765 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33198 (third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/50919 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33292 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32905 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00938.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-694-1 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html (vendor-advisory)