Privilege escalation in Xen - CVE-2017-10913
Published: June 21, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7139
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10913
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to memory read and write by malicious backend. A local attacker can obtain potentially sensitive data or gain backend-to-frontend privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation.
The weakness exists due to memory read and write by malicious backend. A local attacker can obtain potentially sensitive data or gain backend-to-frontend privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10913
Install update from vendor's website.