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CVE-2016-9602

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Date: April 26, 2018

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.

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Related Resources (12)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9602
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9602
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg04347.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9602
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037604
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95461
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-9602
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/12
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg06225.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-9602

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): SINGLE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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