CVE-2020-35517

A flaw was found in qemu. A host privilege escalation issue was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon where a privileged guest user is able to create a device special file in the shared directory and use it to r/w access host devices.
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Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

12 Feb 2023, 23:41

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References
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35517', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35517', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0743', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0743', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/', 'name': 'https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0711', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0711', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:0639', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:0639', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
Summary A flaw was found in qemu. A host privilege escalation issue was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon where a privileged guest user is able to create a device special file in the shared directory and use it to r/w access host devices. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. A flaw was found in qemu. A host privilege escalation issue was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon where a privileged guest user is able to create a device special file in the shared directory and use it to r/w access host devices.

02 Feb 2023, 21:20

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References
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35517 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0743 -
  • (MISC) https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/ -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0711 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:0639 -
Summary A flaw was found in qemu. A host privilege escalation issue was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon where a privileged guest user is able to create a device special file in the shared directory and use it to r/w access host devices. A flaw was found in qemu. A host privilege escalation issue was found in the virtio-fs shared file system daemon where a privileged guest user is able to create a device special file in the shared directory and use it to r/w access host devices. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

30 Sep 2022, 12:50

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References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 - Third Party Advisory

15 Aug 2022, 11:15

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References
  • (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-27 -
CWE CWE-284

01 Jun 2021, 14:01

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References (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915823 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915823 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

21 May 2021, 18:42

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References (MISC) https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/ebf101955ce8f8d72fba103b5151115a4335de2c - Release Notes (MISC) https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/ebf101955ce8f8d72fba103b5151115a4335de2c - Patch, Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

31 Mar 2021, 15:09

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References (CONFIRM) https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0002/ - (CONFIRM) https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0002/ - Third Party Advisory
CWE CWE-269

12 Mar 2021, 13:15

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References
  • (CONFIRM) https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210312-0002/ -

04 Feb 2021, 19:00

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : 4.6
v3 : 8.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References (MISC) https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/22/1 - (MISC) https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/22/1 - Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/ebf101955ce8f8d72fba103b5151115a4335de2c - (MISC) https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/ebf101955ce8f8d72fba103b5151115a4335de2c - Release Notes
References (MISC) https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-01/msg05461.html - (MISC) https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-01/msg05461.html - Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915823 - (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1915823 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

28 Jan 2021, 20:26

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-01-28 20:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:41


NVD link : CVE-2020-35517

Mitre link : CVE-2020-35517

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-35517


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Products Affected

qemu

  • qemu
CWE
CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management