{"id":"CVE-2016-9602","details":"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.","modified":"2026-05-15T12:03:01.262481675Z","published":"2018-04-26T19:29:00.230Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:1774-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2946-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2963-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2969-1","SUSE-SU-2017:3084-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:11287-1"],"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"cpes":["cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"],"vendor_product":"debian:debian_linux","source":"CPE_FIELD","extracted_events":[{"last_affected":"8.0"}]}]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/12"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95461"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037604"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg06225.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg04347.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9602"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}