CVE-2008-5086
Multiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform administrative actions.
02 Description
Multiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform administrative actions.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 32.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-19 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-11-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 689864ccee965f43b4090916d5a5c641d81d306d87d2a3a4e4114fa662eb7d6f
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com33217http://secunia.com/advisories/33217
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:8765https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8765
- secunia.com33198http://secunia.com/advisories/33198
- osvdb.org50919http://osvdb.org/50919
- secunia.com33292http://secunia.com/advisories/33292
- www.securityfocus.com32905http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32905
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-11433http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00938.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-694-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-694-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:004http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0382http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html
- www.redhat.com[libvirt] 20081217 [SECURITY] PATCH: Fix missing read-only access checks (CVE-2008-5086)https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-December/msg00522.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476560
- secunia.com34397http://secunia.com/advisories/34397
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libvirt Fixed in 0.4.6-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libvirt Fixed in 0.4.6-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libvirt Fixed in 0.4.6-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.