CVE-2017-10912
CRITICALXen < 4.8.1 - Privilege Escalation via Page Transfer Mishandling
Title source: llmDescription
Xen through 4.8.x mishandles page transfer, which allows guest OS users to obtain privileged host OS access, aka XSA-217.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-03
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3969
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99158
Mailing List, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-217.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-17
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038721
Scores
CVSS v3
10.0
EPSS
0.0167
EPSS Percentile
82.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
xen/xen
< 4.8.1
Published
Jul 05, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026