QEMU 0.9.1 drive_init information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in QEMU 0.9.1 (Virtualization Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function drive_init. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 04/28/2008. The weakness was released 05/12/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-2004 since 04/28/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 14 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33163 (openSUSE 10 Security Update : qemu (qemu-5270)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117309 (CentOS Security Update for xen (CESA-2008:0194)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42268) and Tenable (33163). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 39488, 39434, 41301 and 39928.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 33163
Nessus Name: openSUSE 10 Security Update : qemu (qemu-5270)
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OpenVAS ID: 60947
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: qemu, qemu-devel
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Product: qemu.org

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
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CVE: CVE-2008-2004 (🔍)
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X-Force: 42268
Vulnerability Center: 18326 - QEMU Drive_init Function Vulnerability Allows Attacker on Guest Systems to Bypass Restrictions, Medium
SecurityFocus: 29101 - QEMU 'vl.c' Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 29129
OSVDB: 44918 - CVE-2008-2004 - QEMU - Security Bypass Issue

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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/10/2019 07:07
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (75), 08/10/2019 07:07 (8)
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