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CVE-2016-9602

CVE-2016-9602

CVSS 7.6 HIGHEPSS 3.8%CWE-59
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
unspecified · Qemu

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References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9602https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg06225.htmlhttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg04347.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/12http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95461http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037604