CVE-2016-9602

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

3.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 89.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-04-26 19:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:59Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-11-23

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.6)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e5b5fa601d47fdbbdf46160af81a78a9b5fd4e2e5c10767823ee2fa918989dc2

• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20170220 [PATCH 00/29] 9pfs: local: fix vulnerability to symlink attackshttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-02/msg04347.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securitytracker.com1037604http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037604vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180906 [SECURITY] [DLA 1497-1] qemu security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00007.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9602x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170117 CVE-2016-9602 Qemu: 9p: virtfs allows guest to access host filesystemhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/17/12mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.gnu.org[qemu-devel] 20170130 [PATCH RFC 00/36] 9pfs: local: fix vulnerability to symlink attackshttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2017-01/msg06225.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201704-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securityfocus.com95461http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95461vdb-entryx_refsource_BID