CVE-2013-2231

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: 2013-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the QEMU Guest Agent service for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6, HPC Node 6, Server 6, Workstation 6, Desktop Supplementary 6, Server Supplementary 6, Supplementary AUS 6.4, Supplementary EUS 6.4.z, and Workstation Supplementary 6, when installing on Windows, allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted program in an unspecified folder.

Affected products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary: 6.0, 6.4, 6.4.z
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary: 6.0

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1100.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1101.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=980757
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1100.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1101.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=980757

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