CVE-2013-6456
The LXC driver (lxc/lxc_driver.c) in libvirt 1.0.1 through 1.2.1 allows local users to (1) delete arbitrary host devices via the…
- 5.8MediumCVSS base score
- 0.58%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 52% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The LXC driver (lxc/lxc_driver.c) in libvirt 1.0.1 through 1.2.1 allows local users to (1) delete arbitrary host devices via the virDomainDeviceDettach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; (2) create arbitrary nodes (mknod) via the virDomainDeviceAttach API and a symlink attack on /dev in the container; and cause a denial of service (shutdown or reboot host OS) via the (3) virDomainShutdown or (4) virDomainReboot API and a symlink attack on /dev/initctl in the container, related to "paths under /proc/$PID/root" and the virInitctlSetRunLevel function.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 | Medium5.8 | AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.58% · top 52% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References12
- http://libvirt.org/news.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 56187 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 60895 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-201412-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5fc590ad9f4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0593 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://security.libvirt.org/2013/0018.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045643 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-2864 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 65743 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=732394 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 56215 (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-2013-6263 (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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