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HistoryJul 26, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

xen-kernel -- x86: Privilege escalation in PV guests

2016-07-2600:00:00
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8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

25.6%

The Xen Project reports:

The PV pagetable code has fast-paths for making updates to
pre-existing pagetable entries, to skip expensive re-validation
in safe cases (e.g. clearing only Access/Dirty bits). The bits
considered safe were too broad, and not actually safe.
A malicious PV guest administrator can escalate their privilege to
that of the host.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
FreeBSDanynoarchxen-kernel< 4.7.0_3UNKNOWN

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

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

7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

25.6%