Description
It was discovered that libvirtd before versions 4.10.1 and 5.4.1 would permit read-only clients to use the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc() API, specifying an arbitrary path which would be accessed with the permissions of the libvirtd process. An attacker with access to the libvirtd socket could use this to probe the existence of arbitrary files, cause denial of service or cause libvirtd to execute arbitrary programs.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAttack VectorLocal
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:LPrivileges RequiredLow
UI:NUser InteractionNone
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
Novell Inc.
commercial·US
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka redhat, red hat
Libvirt
oss-project
Canonical Ltd.
commercial·GBaka canonical
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
and 5 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK
4 techniques Collection
Discovery
Initial Access
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10161
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/libvirt-privesc-vulnerabilities
access.redhat.com
https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aed6a032cead4386472afb24b16196579e239580
libvirt.org
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