CVE-2013-4401
highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.017 · 77 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (5)
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references (25)
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- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57687fd6bf7f6e1b3662c52f3f26c06ab19dc96ccnnvd
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=57687fd6bf7f6e1b3662c52f3f26c06ab19dc96cPatchcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55210cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895cnnvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xmlcnnvd
- http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releasescnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029241cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2026-1cnnvd
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