CVE-2016-7116
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3125-1
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
Vulnerabilidad de salto de directorio en hw/9pfs/9p.c en QEMU (también conocido como Quick Emulator) permite a administradores locales del SO invitado acceder a los archivos del host fuera de la ruta de exportación a través de un .. (punto punto) en una cadena no especificada.
Zhenhao Hong discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled the Virtio module. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. Li Qiang discovered that QEMU incorrectly handled VMWARE VMXNET3 network card emulation support. A privileged attacker inside the guest could use this issue to cause QEMU to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2016-08-30 CVE Reserved
- 2016-09-26 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-04-12 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CAPEC
References (8)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=56f101ecce0eafd09e2daf1c4eeb1377d6959261 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/30/1 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/30/3 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92680 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html | Mailing List |
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| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg03917.html | Mailing List | |
| https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg04231.html | Mailing List |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01 | 2023-02-12 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | <= 2.6.2 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version " <= 2.6.2" | - |
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| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | 2.7.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.7.0" | rc0 |
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| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | 2.7.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.7.0" | rc1 |
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| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | 2.7.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.7.0" | rc2 |
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| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | 2.7.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.7.0" | rc3 |
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| Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" | Qemu Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" | 2.7.0 Search vendor "Qemu" for product "Qemu" and version "2.7.0" | rc4 |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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