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CVE-2016-7116

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
10/12/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.00 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x
6.00
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.6.2 (including)
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:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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