CVE-2013-2007 Misconfiguration in n/a
Medium 6.9
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-2007 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2013-2007 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu Qemu, published on 21 May 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2007 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Qemu Qemu. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2007/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2007/index.md)
Local users can read and write sensitive files due to weak permissions in the QEMU guest agent when running in daemon mode.
- 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-2013-2007?
CVE-2013-2007 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qemu Qemu, published on 21 May 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The qemu guest agent in Qemu 1.4.1 and earlier, as used by Xen, when started in daemon mode, uses weak permissions for certain files, which allows local users to read and write to these files.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2007?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (24)
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-guest-agent-win32 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-guest-agent-win32 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-guest-agent-win32 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-guest-agent Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-guest-agent-win32 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-img Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-kvm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-kvm-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
qemu-kvm-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5 |
Products include Qemu Qemu.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2007?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2013-2007 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2007 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qemu Qemu
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qf79-fpj8-8m3g, MGASA-2013-0169, RHSA-2013:0896.