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high 7.2

CVE-2013-2231 json

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the QEMU Guest Agent service for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6, HPC Node 6, Server 6, Wo…

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-2183

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • virtio-win RHEL 6 EXTRAS 1.6.5-6.el6_4
  • qemu-kvm RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6
  • qemu-img RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6
  • qemu-kvm-tools RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6
  • qemu-guest-agent RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6
  • qemu-guest-agent-win32 RHEL 6 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1101RHSA-2013:1100

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-2231 updated cvss 7.2

qemu: qemu-ga win32 service unquoted search path

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-guest-agent-win32 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) virtio-win 1.6.5-6.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-guest-agent-win32 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-guest-agent-win32 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) virtio-win 1.6.5-6.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) qemu-img 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-kvm-tools 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-guest-agent 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) qemu-kvm 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6, qemu-guest-agent-win32 0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) virtio-win 1.6.5-6.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kvm, xen, virtio-win Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 qemu-img, qemu-kvm, libcacard, qemu-kvm-tools, libcacard-tools, qemu-kvm-common, +1 more Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 qemu-kvm-rhev
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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