CVE-2016-7116

Directory traversal vulnerability in hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS administrators to access host files outside the export path via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified string.

CVSS v3.0 6.0 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 2.1 LOW

6.0^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.5 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

2.1^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg03917.html	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg04231.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/30/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/30/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=commit;h=56f101ecce0eafd09e2daf1c4eeb1377d6959261	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92680	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc0::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.7.0:rc4::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-12-10 00:59

Updated : 2020-10-15 17:18

NVD link : CVE-2016-7116

Mitre link : CVE-2016-7116

JSON object : View

Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

qemu

qemu

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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