CVE-2008-5086
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Multiple methods in libvirt 0.3.2 through 0.5.1 do not check if a connection is read-only, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and perform administrative actions.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5065)
- Published
- December 19, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5065 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libvirt / libvirt
- libvirt / libvirt
- libvirt / libvirt
- libvirt / libvirt
- libvirt / libvirt
- libvirt / libvirt
- libvirt / libvirt
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/50919
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33198
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33217(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33292
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34397
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00938.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32905(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-694-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476560
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8765
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2008-December/msg00522.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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