CVE-2010-0419 Privilege escalation in n/a
Guest OS users can escalate privileges or crash the guest by exploiting a KVM x86 emulator flaw in SMP configurations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-0419?
CVE-2010-0419 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Mar 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The x86 emulator in KVM 83, when a guest is configured for Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP), does not properly restrict writing of segment selectors to segment registers, which might allow guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain privileges on the guest OS by leveraging access to a (1) IO port or (2) MMIO region, and replacing an instruction in between emulator entry and instruction fetch.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0419?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kvm Qumranet Kvm.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0419?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2010-0419 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0419 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7c97-97wj-vp33.