CVE-2016-4962

Published Jun 7, 2016

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description
The libxl device-handling in Xen 4.6.x and earlier allows local OS guest administrators to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or management facility confusion) or gain host OS privileges by manipulating information in guest controlled areas of xenstore.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.7
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
0.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
3.1
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-264

Configurations