CVE-2023-2861
QEMU 9p Passthrough Filesystem Inclusion of Host Special Files Vulnerability
Description
A flaw was found in the 9p passthrough filesystem (9pfs) implementation in QEMU. The 9pfs server did not prohibit opening special files on the host side, potentially allowing a malicious client to escape from the exported 9p tree by creating and opening a device file in the shared folder.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 6, 2023, 7:15 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 7:59 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.2
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2861 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219266 Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00012.html Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0005/ Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240229-0002/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 11, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Fedora Project https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240229-0002/ [No types assigned] Added Reference Fedora Project https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00012.html [No types assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 25, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Fedora Project https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0005/ [No types assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 11, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2861 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2861 Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219266 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219266 Issue Tracking, Patch Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 8.1.0 -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Dec. 06, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description A flaw was found in the 9p passthrough filesystem (9pfs) implementation in QEMU. The 9pfs server did not prohibit opening special files on the host side, potentially allowing a malicious client to escape from the exported 9p tree by creating and opening a device file in the shared folder. Added Reference Fedora Project https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2861 [No types assigned] Added Reference Fedora Project https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219266 [No types assigned] Added CWE Fedora Project CWE-284 Added CVSS V3.1 Fedora Project AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-2861 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-2861
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.12131
percentile