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.
Published: 2018-04-26
Score: 7.6 High
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1035-1 qemu security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-965-1 qemu-kvm security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1497-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-10406 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3261-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3268-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:03.165Z

Reserved: 2016-11-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9602

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-26T19:29:00.230

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:01:29.523

Link: CVE-2016-9602

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9602 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses