CVE-2013-4419 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting libguestfs versions 1.20.12, 1.22.7, and earlier, specifically when using the guestfish command with --remote or --listen options. The vulnerability stems from improper ownership checks on the /tmp/.guestfish-$UID/ directory, allowing a local attacker to pre-create this directory and write to a temporary socket file, leading to arbitrary command execution. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires adjacent network access and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.20.0, <= 1.20.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.22.0, <= 1.22.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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