CVE-2018-16867 HIGH

CVE-2018-16867

Vendor [Unknown]

Product QEMU:

Weakness CWE-362

Published December 12, 2018

Last update August 5, 2024

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CVSS base score

7.0/10

Attack vector Local

Attack complexity High

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in qemu Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) before version 3.1.0. A path traversal in the in usb_mtp_write_data function in hw/usb/dev-mtp.c due to an improper filename sanitization. When the guest device is mounted in read-write mode, this allows to read/write arbitrary files which may lead do DoS scenario OR possibly lead to code execution on the host.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 12, 2018 CVE published

August 5, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16867 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/362.html

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