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CVE-2008-5086

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-12-19 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Libvirt: 0.3.2, 0.3.3, 0.4.1, 0.4.2, 0.4.6, 0.5.0 (+1)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
• http://osvdb.org/50919
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33198
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33217
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33292
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34397
• http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00938.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32905
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-694-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476560
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8765

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