CWE Code: 284
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.6
CWE Name:  Improper Access Control
Summary: it was discovered that libvirtd, versions 4.x.x before 4.10.1 and 5.x.x before 5.4.1, would permit readonly clients to use the virdomainmanagedsavedefinexml() api, which would permit them to modify managed save state files. if a managed save had already been created by a privileged user, a local attacker could modify this file such that libvirtd would execute an arbitrary program when the domain was resumed.
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