Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-9602

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: Apr 26, 2018
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-9602
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 9
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
qemu / qemu - 2.9
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x