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.

• CWE-59
• CWE-59

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

Published

Apr 26, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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