VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-2652

CVSS score4.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-08-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The bdrv_open function in Qemu 1.0 does not properly handle the failure of the mkstemp function, when in snapshot node, which allows local users to overwrite or read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file.

Primary references