CWE Code: 284
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.6
CWE Name:  Improper Access Control
Summary: the virconnectbaselinehypervisorcpu() and virconnectcomparehypervisorcpu() libvirt apis, 4.x.x before 4.10.1 and 5.x.x before 5.4.1, accept an "emulator" 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2019-08-02
Last Modified Date: 2019-10-09