CVE-2016-9602
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.6 · CWE-59
7.6CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorAdjacent
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges requiredHigh
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/12Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95461Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037604Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9602Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlAdvisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg06225.htmlAdvisory
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg04347.htmlAdvisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01Advisory