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CVE-2017-7471
CRITICAL · CVSS 9
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-07-09T14:29:00.210 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:24:24.943

Summary

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.

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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