CVE-2009-3525
Published Oct 5, 2009
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- The pyGrub boot loader in Xen 3.0.3, 3.3.0, and Xen-3.3.1 does not support the password option in grub.conf for para-virtualized guests, which allows attackers with access to the para-virtualized guest console to boot the guest or modify the guest's kernel boot parameters without providing the expected password.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-264
Configurations
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"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "2AFDE72E-1997-48BA-A065-E0DD4ABE6E38"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "92646AED-BF1E-4471-96A0-1926932AF4C8"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "2D5FF923-28A9-406D-B825-8B882408C5E4"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]