Vulnerability CVE-2008-5086
Published: 2008-12-19   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Multiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform administrative actions.

Type:

CWE-DesignError

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Libvirt -> Libvirt 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32905
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-December/msg00522.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476560
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-694-1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00938.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34397
http://secunia.com/advisories/33292
http://secunia.com/advisories/33217
http://secunia.com/advisories/33198
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8765
http://osvdb.org/50919
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
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