CVE-2016-7116

6.0 MEDIUM

Published: December 10, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=56f101ecce0eafd09e2daf1c4eeb1377d6959261

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/30/1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/30/3

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92680

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00038.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg03917.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2016-08/msg04231.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201609-01

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=56f101ecce0eafd09e2daf1c4eeb1377d6959261