CVE-2011-2527: Qemu

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The change_process_uid function in os-posix.c in Qemu 0.14.0 and earlier does not properly drop group privileges when the -runas option is used, which allows local guest users to access restricted files on the host.

Affected products

• Qemu Qemu: up to and including 0.14.0; version 0.1.0 only; version 0.1.1 only; version 0.1.2 only; version 0.1.3 only; version 0.1.4 only; …

Published 2012-06-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.