description: Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper access control issue. It could occur while accessing virtfs metadata files in mapped-file security mode. A guest user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges inside guest.
problem types: Improper access control issue
affected:
{
product: qemu
vendor: QEMU
versions:
status: affected, version: 2.7.4
}