Privilege escalation in Xen - CVE-2017-15594
Published: October 16, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8831
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15594
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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 gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists in x86 PV guest systems using SVM due to improper handling of Interrupt Descriptor Table (IDT) settings when a new CPU is hot-plugged and brought online. An adjacent attacker can gain elevated privileges and possibly cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service.
The weakness exists in x86 PV guest systems using SVM due to improper handling of Interrupt Descriptor Table (IDT) settings when a new CPU is hot-plugged and brought online. An adjacent attacker can gain elevated privileges and possibly cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15594
Install update from vendor's website.