SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2007-0998

The VNC server implementation in QEMU, as used by Xen and possibly other environments, allows local users of a guest operating system to read arbitrary files on the host operating system via unspecified vectors related to QEMU monitor mode, as…

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.90%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.90%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The VNC server implementation in QEMU, as used by Xen and possibly other environments, allows local users of a guest operating system to read arbitrary files on the host operating system via unspecified vectors related to QEMU monitor mode, as demonstrated by mapping files to a CDROM device. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS
1.90% probability · 78th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
xen/qemu
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.