Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System (9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper access control issue. It could occur while accessing files on a shared host directory. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to access host file system beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a host.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2018-07-09T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:04:11.568Z

Reserved: 2017-04-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-7471

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-09T14:29:00.210

Modified: 2023-02-12T23:30:03.713

Link: CVE-2017-7471

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7471 - Bugzilla