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CVE-2013-4291

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4291 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in libvirt versions 0.10.2.7, 1.0.5.5, and 1.1.1, specifically affecting the virSecurityManagerSetProcessLabel function when processing domain uid:gid labels. This flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges due to improper group membership settings. With a CVSS score of 6.9, it is considered of medium severity, indicating that a local attacker with medium attack complexity can achieve complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.10.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:0.10.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-4291Low

libvirt: supplementary groups not adjusted correctly when parsing label

Aug 29, 2013

References

libvirt.org / git
libvirt.org / news.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
wiki.libvirt.org / page/Maintenance_Releases
Patch