CVE-2023-0664 describes a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability in the QEMU Guest Agent for Windows, affecting products from vendors like Fedora, Microsoft, QEMU, and Red Hat. A local unprivileged user can exploit a flaw in the installer's repair custom actions to gain elevated privileges on the system. The CVSS score of 7.8 indicates a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent service for Windows. A local unprivileged user may be able to manipulate the QEMU Guest Agent's Windows installer via repair custom actions to elevate their privileges on the system.
Mar 14, 2023QEMU: local privilege escalation via the QEMU Guest Agent on Windows
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