Privilege escalation in Xen - CVE-2017-10915
Published: June 21, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7147
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10915
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges.
The weakness exists due to race condition in shadow paging emulation. A local attacker on two quest systems can gain host privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation.
The weakness exists due to race condition in shadow paging emulation. A local attacker on two quest systems can gain host 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-2017-10915
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