CVE-2008-5086
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 19 Dec 2008, 17:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 10:40
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100 CVSS Score
7.2 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.05% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
19 Dec 2008, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 10:40
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
Multiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform administrative actions.
CVSS Metrics
- v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.05%• Percentile: 15%
Affected Systems
- libvirt•libvirt
0.3.2 | 0.3.3 | 0.4.1 | 0.4.2 | 0.4.6 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.1
References (13)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33217
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8765
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33198
- http://osvdb.org/50919
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33292
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32905
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00938.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-694-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-December/msg00522.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476560
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34397