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CVE-2017-7493 PUBLISHED

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 virtfs metadata files in mapped-file security mode. A guest user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges inside guest.

EPSS 0.06% · 18.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.06%
18.6th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSqemu0, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu10
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSqemu2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3, 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.5, 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.6

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