cve-2016-9602
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-04-26 19:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:59
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼ | unspecified | Qemu |
Version: qemu 2.9 |
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