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CVE-2017-7493
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-05-17T15:29:00.143 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:24:27.690

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

Affected products

qemu — qemu

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References

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