QEMU 0.9.0 diskformat: information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in QEMU 0.9.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation of the argument diskformat: leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-1945. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in QEMU 0.9.0 (Virtualization Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument diskformat: with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

QEMU 0.9.0 does not properly handle changes to removable media, which allows guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS by using the diskformat: parameter in the -usbdevice option to modify the disk-image header to identify a different format, a related issue to CVE-2008-2004.

The bug was discovered 08/07/2008. The weakness was released 08/08/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-1945 since 04/24/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67749 (Oracle Linux 5 : xen (ELSA-2008-0892)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117230 (CentOS Security Update for xen (CESA-2008:0892)).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44269), Tenable (67749), SecurityFocus (BID 30604†), OSVDB (48798†) and Secunia (SA32063†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-42875. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 67749
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 : xen (ELSA-2008-0892)
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OpenVAS ID: 63995
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1799-1 (qemu)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Product: qemu.org

Advisory: rhn.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1945 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1945
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43586

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X-Force: 44269
SecurityFocus: 30604 - QEMU Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 32063
OSVDB: 48798 - QEMU - Security Bypass Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020959
Vulnerability Center: 19657 - QEMU Block Format Auto-Detection Vulnerability Allows Local Attackers to Read Arbitrary Files, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/18/2019 10:42
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (75), 08/18/2019 10:42 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:153:103

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