CVE-2023-0664 Privilege escalation in QEMU

What is CVE-2023-0664?

CVE-2023-0664 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 29 Mar 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent service for Windows. A local unprivileged user may be able to manipulate the QEMU Guest Agent's Windows installer via repair custom actions to elevate their privileges on the system.

Weakness: CWE-269, CWE-250

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0664?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Qemu Qemu, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2023-0664?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2023-0664 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0664 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mvgg-p48p-h9jc, RHBA-2023:2451.