CVE-2019-10167

The virConnectGetDomainCapabilities() libvirt API, versions 4.x.x before 4.10.1 and 5.x.x before 5.4.1, accepts an "emulatorbin" argument to specify the program providing emulation for a domain. Since v1.2.19, libvirt will execute that program to probe the domain's capabilities. Read-only clients could specify an arbitrary path for this argument, causing libvirtd to execute a crafted executable with its own privileges.

Score
CVSS 3.0 8.8 High
Status
Modified - secalert@redhat.com
Published
2019-08-02
Last modified
2024-08-04
Weaknesses
CWE-22, CWE-250, CWE-284, CWE-862

Affected products

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