CVE-2008-1945

qemu/kvm/xen: add image format options for USB storage and removable media

Severity Score

9.6

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

QEMU 0.9.0 does not properly handle changes to removable media, which allows guest OS users to read arbitrary files on the host OS by using the diskformat: parameter in the -usbdevice option to modify the disk-image header to identify a different format, a related issue to CVE-2008-2004.

QEMU 0.9.0 no maneja apropiadamente cambio de medios extraíbles, lo cual permite a usuarios invitados del sistema operativo leer ficheros de su elección en el Host del sistema operativo utilizando el diskformat: parámetro en la opción -usbdevice para modificar la cabecera disk-image para identificar un formato diferente, una cuestión relacionada a CVE-2008-2004.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-04-24 CVE Reserved
2008-08-08 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (16)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/32063	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32088	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35031	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35062	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30604	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020959	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44269	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9905	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html	2020-12-16
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1799	2020-12-16
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:162	2020-12-16
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-776-1	2020-12-16
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0892.html	2020-12-16
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1945	2008-10-01
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445844	2008-10-01

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Qemu Search vendor "Qemu"		Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu"				0.9.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "0.9.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				10.3 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "10.3"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				11.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "11.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				11.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "11.1"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server"				10 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "10"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				4.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				5.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				8.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "8.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				8.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "8.10"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus"				5.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Eus" and version "5.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "5.0"		-		Affected