CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.
CVE
CVE-2020-14339
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
0.42%
Original NVD Description
A flaw was found in libvirt, where it leaked a file descriptor for `/dev/mapper/control` into the QEMU process. This file descriptor allows for privileged operations to happen against the device-mapper on the host. This flaw allows a malicious guest user or process to perform operations outside of their standard permissions, potentially causing serious damage to the host operating system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
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