Symlink Attack Vulnerability in Qemu 1.0's bdrv_open Function

CVE-2012-2652 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The bdrv_open function in Qemu 1.0 does not properly handle the failure of the mkstemp function, when in snapshot node, which allows local users to overwrite or read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file.

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