libvirt: unintended API access due to incorrect permissions checks
Published Nov 2, 2013
8.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.69%
Description
The virConnectDomainXMLToNative API function in libvirt 1.1.0 through 1.1.3 checks for the connect:read permission instead of the connect:write permission, which allows attackers to gain domain:write privileges and execute Qemu binaries via crafted XML. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libvirt
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libvirt
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libvirt | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libvirt | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libvirt package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.69% (0.01689) | 76.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.69% (0.01689) | 73.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.84% (0.01838) | 81.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.33% (0.05326) | 83.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.89% (0.01891) | 81.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 71.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.39% (0.00389) | 72.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.39% (0.00389) | 70.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 15, 2023 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 61.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00283) | 63.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (11)
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57687fd6bf7f6e1b3662c52f3f26c06ab19dc96c x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55210 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60895 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029241 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2026-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4401 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015259 x_refsource_MISCPatchIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4401
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4401
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=57687fd6bf7f6e1b3662c52f3f26c06ab19dc96c | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/55210 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/60895 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029241 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2026-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4401 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015259 | x_refsource_MISCPatchIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4401 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4401 |
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