CVE-2023-2861
CVE-2023-2861 — Qemu: 9pfs: improper access control on special files
A flaw was found in the 9p passthrough filesystem (9pfs) implementation in QEMU. The 9pfs server did not prohibit opening special files on the host side, potentially allowing a malicious client to escape from the exported 9p tree by creating and opening a device file in the shared folder.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, fedora
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
0%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
6
MEDIUM
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
PoC
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Partial
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-284
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
- T1027.009Obfuscated Files or Information: Embedded Payloads
- T1546.004Event Triggered Execution: .bash_profile and .bashrc
- T1546.016Event Triggered Execution: Installer Packages
References
5 on the record
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-2861
vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2219266
issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00012.html
reference
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240125-0005/
reference
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240229-0002/
reference
Elsewhere on this site
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.