Security Advisory

CVE-2017-7471

9
CRITICAL

Vulnerability Description

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.
Published Date July 9, 2018
Official Source NIST NVD Advisory