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CVE ID:CVE-2017-7493
Description:Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System(9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper access control issue. It could occur while accessing virtfs metadata files in mapped-file security mode. A guest user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges inside guest.
Test IDs: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.2.2017.965   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.891497   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.891035  
Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7493
98574
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98574
GLSA-201706-03
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03
[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
[oss-security] 20170517 CVE-2017-7493 Qemu: 9pfs: guest privilege escalation in virtfs mapped-file mode
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/278
[qemu-devel] 20170516 [PULL] 9pfs: local: forbid client access to metadata (CVE-2017-7493)
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-05/msg03663.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1451709
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1451709




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