Information disclosure in Xen - CVE-2018-10472
Published: April 28, 2018 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12287
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10472
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to improper information control. An adjacent attacker can supply a specially crafted CDROM image to read arbitrary files or device nodes on the dom0 filesystem with the privileges of the quem devicemodel process.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10472
Install update from vendor's website.