CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9602
8.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-04-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.6 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
Qemu before version 2.9 is vulnerable to an improper link following when built with the VirtFS. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to access host file system beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a host.
Affected configurations
• qemu qemu (< 2.9)
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95461 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037604 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9602 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg06225.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg04347.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95461 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037604 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9602 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg06225.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg04347.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01 Third Party Advisory