CVE-2016-9602

CVSS V2 High 9 CVSS V3 High 8.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9602
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2018-04-26T19:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-10-09T23:20:39
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.9
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg04347.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg06225.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9602 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/12 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037604 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95461 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9602
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9602
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:13:28 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 05:42:27 2018-04-26T19:29Z 2018-04-26T19:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 05:42:27 2019-10-09T23:20:39 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 05:42:27 Modified Vulnerability Status updated