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CVE-2015-5313
Directory traversal vulnerability in the virStorageBackendFileSystemVolCreate function in storage/storage_backend_fs.c in libvirt, when…
Low2.5EPSS 0.46%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the virStorageBackendFileSystemVolCreate function in storage/storage_backend_fs.c in libvirt, when fine-grained Access Control Lists (ACL) are in effect, allows local users with storage_vol:create ACL but not domain:write permission to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a volume name.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Low2.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- http://security.libvirt.org/2015/0004.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=034e47c338b13a95cf02106a3af912c1c5f818d7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 90913 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [libvirt] 20151211 [PATCH] CVE-2015-5313: storage: don't allow '/' in filesystem volume names (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-30b347dff1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-201612-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2577 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
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