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CVE-2013-2231 (GCVE-0-2013-2231)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-01 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:27
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Summary
Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the QEMU Guest Agent service for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6, HPC Node 6, Server 6, Workstation 6, Desktop Supplementary 6, Server Supplementary 6, Supplementary AUS 6.4, Supplementary EUS 6.4.z, and Workstation Supplementary 6, when installing on Windows, allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted program in an unspecified folder.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1101.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1100.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=980757 x_refsource_MISC
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