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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2018-04-26T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:03.165Z

Reserved: 2016-11-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9602

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-26T19:29:00.230

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:37:15.067

Link: CVE-2016-9602

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-01-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9602 - Bugzilla