Libvirt
CVE-2013-4401
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
The virConnectDomainXMLToNative API function in libvirt 1.1.0 through 1.1.3 checks for the connect:read permission instead of the connect:write permission, which allows attackers to gain domain:write privileges and execute Qemu binaries via crafted XML. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
AnalysisAI
The virConnectDomainXMLToNative API function in libvirt 1.1.0 through 1.1.3 checks for the connect:read permission instead of the connect:write permission, which allows attackers to gain domain:write. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-264. The virConnectDomainXMLToNative API function in libvirt 1.1.0 through 1.1.3 checks for the connect:read permission instead of the connect:write permission, which allows attackers to gain domain:write privileges and execute Qemu binaries via crafted XML. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. Affected products include: Redhat Libvirt. Version information: through 1.1.3.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
Double free vulnerability in the virConnectListAllInterfaces method in interface/interface_backend_netcf.c in libvirt 1.
Use-after-free vulnerability in the virNetMessageFree function in rpc/virnetserverclient.c in libvirt 1.0.x before 1.0.2
A NULL pointer dereference was found in the libvirt API responsible introduced in upstream version 3.10.0, and fixed in
A NULL pointer dereference flaw was discovered in libvirt before version 5.0.0 in the way it gets interface information
libvirt before 2.0.0 improperly disables password checking when the password on a VNC server is set to an empty string,
An incorrect permissions check was discovered in libvirt 4.8.0 and above. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnera
Double free vulnerability in the qemuAgentGetVCPUs function in qemu/qemu_agent.c in libvirt 1.0.6 through 1.1.0 allows r
The virBitmapParse function in util/virbitmap.c in libvirt before 1.1.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a de
A flaw was found in libvirt, where it leaked a file descriptor for `/dev/mapper/control` into the QEMU process. Rated hi
A vulnerability was found in libvirt >= 4.1.0 in the virtlockd-admin.socket and virtlogd-admin.socket systemd units. Rat
The qemuAgentCommand function in libvirt before 1.1.1, when a guest agent is not configured, allows remote attackers to
libvirt version 2.3.0 and later is vulnerable to a bad default configuration of "verify-peer=no" passed to QEMU by libvi
Same technique Privilege Escalation
View allShare
External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today