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CVE-2008-2004

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.9)—

The drive_init function in QEMU 0.9.1 determines the format of a raw disk image based on the header, which allows local guest users to read arbitrary files on the host by modifying the header to identify a different format, which is used when the guest is restarted.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Qemu — Qemu

CWEs

References

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