CVE-2008-2004Sensitive Information Exposure in Qemu

Severity
4.9MEDIUMNVD
NVD3.3NVD2.1OSV2.1
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 12
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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 vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 6.9

Affected Packages10 packages

debiandebian/qemu< qemu 1.5.0+dfsg-1 (bookworm)+1
Debianqemu/qemu< 0.9.1-5+7
NVDqemu/qemu0.9.0, 0.9.1+1
debiandebian/xen< qemu 1.5.0+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
NVDxen/xen4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 4.0, 5.0, Ubuntu Linux 8.04, 8.10, Enterprise Linux 5.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
GHSA
GHSA-v7fq-6h69-259m: qemu-nbd in QEMU, as used in Xen 42022-05-17
GHSA
GHSA-vvm6-gvx4-5r3v: QEMU 02022-05-01
GHSA
GHSA-rx7x-x8p7-jfcr: The drive_init function in QEMU 02022-05-01
OSV
CVE-2013-1922: qemu-nbd in QEMU, as used in Xen 42013-05-13
OSV
CVE-2008-1945: QEMU 02008-08-08

💥Exploits & PoCs

18
Exploit-DB
HP Data Protector A.09.00 - Encrypted Communications Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit)2016-05-31
Exploit-DB
HP Data Protector A.09.00 - Arbitrary Command Execution2016-05-26
Exploit-DB
greeting card - Arbitrary File Upload2010-06-06
Exploit-DB
GarageSales - Arbitrary File Upload2010-04-09
Exploit-DB
Hammer Software MetaGauge 1.0.0.17 - Directory Traversal2008-10-06

📋Vendor Advisories

13
Red Hat
kvm: qemu-nbd block format auto-detection vulnerability2013-04-15
Debian
CVE-2013-1922: qemu - qemu-nbd in QEMU, as used in Xen 4.2.x, determines the format of a raw disk imag...2013
Ubuntu
KVM regression2009-05-13
Ubuntu
KVM vulnerabilities2009-05-12
Red Hat
perl: File:: Path rmtree race condition (CVE-2005-0448) reintroduced after upstream rebase to 5.8.8-12008-11-19

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Unit42
Threat Brief: Microsoft DNS Server Wormable Vulnerability CVE-2020-13502020-07-21

💬Community

6
Bugzilla
CVE-2013-1922 qemu, qemu-kvm, kvm: qemu-nbd block format auto-detection vulnerability2013-03-19
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-1887 net-snmp: DoS (division by zero) via SNMP GetBulk requests2009-06-19
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-5302 perl: File::Path rmtree race condition (CVE-2005-0448) reintroduced after upstream rebase to 5.8.8-12008-11-28
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-2827 perl: insecure use of chmod in rmtree2008-06-24
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-1945 qemu/kvm/xen: add image format options for USB storage and removable media2008-05-09