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    CVE-2017-16638

    The Gentoo net-misc/vde package before version 2.3.2-r4 may allow members of the "qemu" group to gain root privileges by creating a hard link in a directory on which "chown" is called recursively by the OpenRC service script.

    Published:Nov 6, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Nov 6, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00248
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Vde Project
    Product
    Vde

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High