High severity · published Dec 12, 2018
CVE-2018-16867
A flaw was found in qemu Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) before version 3.1.0
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 37% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
29 · source: NVD
QE
Qemu · Qemu
through 3.0.0; 3.1.0; 3.1.0; 3.1.0; 3.1.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16867
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16867
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106195
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16867
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CGCFIFSIWUREEQQOZDZFBYKWZHXCWBZN/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3923-1/
Mailing List
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/06/1
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