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CVE-2008-5086
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…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.38%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 67% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 67% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- 33217 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8765 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 33198 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 50919 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 33292 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32905 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-11433 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-694-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [libvirt] 20081217 [SECURITY] PATCH: Fix missing read-only access checks (CVE-2008-5086) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=476560 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-5065 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-5086)Record last updated .