CVE-2013-4400 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files and potentially gain elevated privileges via libvirt's virt-login-shell utility.
- 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-2013-4400?
CVE-2013-4400 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Libvirt, published on 9 Dec 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
virt-login-shell in libvirt 1.1.2 through 1.1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via unspecified environment variables or command-line arguments.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4400?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Libvirt.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4400?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2013-4400 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4400 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Libvirt
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4400, GHSA-362v-94q6-5qwm.