CVE-2016-7092
Published on: 09/21/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:07 PM UTC
Certain versions of Xen from Xen contain the following vulnerability:
The get_page_from_l3e function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges via vectors related to L3 recursive pagetables.
- CVE-2016-7092 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
CVSS3 Score: 8.2 - HIGH
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | HIGH | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
|
CHANGED | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 6.8 - MEDIUM
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | SINGLE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
COMPLETE | COMPLETE | COMPLETE |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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Xen CVE-2016-7092 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry cve.report (archive) text/html |
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Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201611-09) — Gentoo security | security.gentoo.org text/html |
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Xen L3 Pagetable Recursion Bug Lets Local Users on a Guest System Gain Elevated Privileges on the Host System - SecurityTracker | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry www.securitytracker.com text/html |
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Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 | web.archive.org text/html Inactive LinkNot Archived |
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Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates | Third Party Advisory support.citrix.com text/html |
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Patch Vendor Advisory xenbits.xen.org text/x-diff |
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XSA-185 - Xen Security Advisories | Patch Vendor Advisory xenbits.xen.org text/html |
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Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3663-1 xen | www.debian.org Depreciated Link text/html |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Operating System | Xen | Xen | - | All | All | All |
Operating System | Xen | Xen | - | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE