Vulnerability in Qemu

CVE-2011-2527

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Qemu — versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.1.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References