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CVE-2013-4401 Detail

Description

The virConnectDomainXMLToNative API function in libvirt 1.1.0 through 1.1.3 checks for the connect:read permission instead of the connect:write permission, which allows attackers to gain domain:write privileges and execute Qemu binaries via crafted XML. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57687fd6bf7f6e1b3662c52f3f26c06ab19dc96c CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/55210 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/60895 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029241 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2026-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015259 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

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

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-4401
NVD Published Date:
11/02/2013
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.