Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU32185

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Xen - CVE-2016-10013

Published: January 26, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU32185

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10013

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Xen Project

Affected software:
Xen

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

Xen through 4.8.x allows local 64-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges by leveraging mishandling of SYSCALL singlestep during emulation.

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