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CVE-2016-9602 Detail

Current 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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  04/26/2018
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.8 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.8

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 v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.0 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): Single
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/12 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95461 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037604 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9602 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg06225.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg04347.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01 Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*    versions up to (excluding) 2.9

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-9602
NVD Published Date:
04/26/2018
NVD Last Modified:
09/07/2018