CVE-2012-2652 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Qemu 1.0, specifically within the bdrv_open function when operating in snapshot mode. An attacker can exploit a flaw in the handling of mkstemp function failures, allowing for a symlink attack on a temporary file to overwrite or read arbitrary files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.4, indicating a medium severity with local access, medium attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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