Privilege escalation in Xen - CVE-2017-10913
Published: June 21, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7139
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10913
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Xen
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
xen
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
xen
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10913
Install update from vendor's website.
xen - addressed in versions 4.6.5-7.fc24, 4.7.2-7.fc25, 4.8.1-4.fc26