CVE-2019-10168 vulnerability in Red Hat Products
Published on August 2, 2019
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.
Weakness Types
What is an Authorization Vulnerability?
The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
CVE-2019-10168 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
The software performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.
Products Associated with CVE-2019-10168
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Affected Versions
libvirt:- Version 4.x.x before 4.10.1 is affected.
- Version 5.x.x before 5.4.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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