CVE-2016-9602 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-9602 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 1.30% · 79.6th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

1.30%

79.6th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	qemu	0, 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu5, 1.5.0+dfsg-3ubuntu6
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	qemu	0, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu9, 1:2.3+dfsg-5ubuntu10

Timeline

Dec 31, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
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Jul 10, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9602 third-party-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/12 third-party-advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/14 third-party-advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg04347.html third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3261-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3268-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9602 third-party-advisory

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