CVE-2018-16872

QEMU: usb-mtp: path traversal by host filesystem manipulation in Media Transfer Protocol (MTP)

Published Dec 13, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
A flaw was found in qemu Media Transfer Protocol (MTP). The code opening files in usb_mtp_get_object and usb_mtp_get_partial_object and directories in usb_mtp_object_readdir doesn't consider that the underlying filesystem may have changed since the time lstat(2) was called in usb_mtp_object_alloc, a classical TOCTTOU problem. An attacker with write access to the host filesystem shared with a guest can use this property to navigate the host filesystem in the context of the QEMU process and read any file the QEMU process has access to. Access to the filesystem may be local or via a network share protocol such as CIFS.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1694-1 qemu security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4454-1 qemu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-8663 A flaw was found in qemu Media Transfer Protocol (MTP). The code opening files in usb_mtp_get_object and usb_mtp_get_partial_object and directories in usb_mtp_object_readdir doesn't consider that the underlying filesystem may have changed since the time lstat(2) was called in usb_mtp_object_alloc, a classical TOCTTOU problem. An attacker with write access to the host filesystem shared with a guest can use this property to navigate the host filesystem in the context of the QEMU process and read any file the QEMU process has access to. Access to the filesystem may be local or via a network share protocol such as CIFS.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3923-1 QEMU vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 10:32 AM
Reserved
Sep 11, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 13, 2018, 9:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:44 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Dec 13, 2018, 12:00 AM