CVE-2023-0664 — A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent service for Windows
A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent service for Windows. A local unprivileged user may be able to manipulate the QEMU Guest Agent's Windows installer via repair custom actions to elevate their privileges on the system.
Published
2023-03-29T00:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-02-18T19:15:55.070Z
01What is this vulnerability?
A flaw was found in the QEMU Guest Agent service for Windows. A local unprivileged user may be able to manipulate the QEMU Guest Agent's Windows installer via repair custom actions to elevate their privileges on the system.
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| n | a / QEMU | unknown |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2023-03-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Last modified: 2025-02-18T19:15:55.070Z
09References
- bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167423
- lists.nongnu.org — https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2023-03/msg01445.html
- gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/88288c2a51faa7c795f053fc8b31b1c16f…
- gitlab.com — https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/commit/07ce178a2b0768eb9e712bb5ad0cf6dc7f…
- lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
- security.netapp.com — https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230517-0005/
- lists.fedoraproject.org — https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro…
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