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CVE-2019-10161

Published: Jul 30, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-284
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 60.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-284CWE-22CWE-862

Affected Products

libvirtredhat
On-premLibrary
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
virtualizationredhatOperating Systems
virtualization hostredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.
and 15 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

4 techniques
Collection
Discovery
Initial Access
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References

https://access.redhat.com/libvirt-privesc-vulnerabilities
access.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-10161
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aed6a032cead4386472afb24b16196579e239580
libvirt.org
and 14 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jul 30, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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