CVE-2017-8284 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in QEMU versions prior to 2.9.0, specifically within the disas_insn function when using TCG mode without hardware acceleration. An attacker could exploit this by crafting a modified basic block to inject code into a setuid program, potentially gaining elevated privileges. While rated as High severity (CVSS 7.0) due to its potential for complete compromise (C, I, A: H), the attack complexity is high (AC:H) and requires local access (AV:L, PR:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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