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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-0998 Detail

Current Description

The VNC server implementation in QEMU, as used by Xen and possibly other environments, allows local users of a guest operating system to read arbitrary files on the host operating system via unspecified vectors related to QEMU monitor mode, as demonstrated by mapping files to a CDROM device. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2802 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2803 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://osvdb.org/34304 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0114.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24575 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22967 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017764 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1019 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1020 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1021 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33085 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10486 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-0998
NVD Published Date:
03/20/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.