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CVE-2023-0664

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Published: Mar 29, 2023 | Modified: Feb 18, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.8 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0664
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/250.html

A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent service for Windows. A local unprivileged user may be able to manipulate the QEMU Guest Agents Windows installer via repair custom actions to elevate their privileges on the system.

Weakness

The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
QemuQemu*8.0.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9RedHatvirtio-win-0:1.9.33-0.el9_2*
QemuUbuntutrusty*
QemuUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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