CVE-2016-10013 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Xen through 4.8.x allows local 64-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges by leveraging mishandling of SYSCALL singlestep during emulation.

Published: 2017-01-26

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-783-1	xen security update
Debian DSA	DSA-3847-1	xen security update
EUVD	EUVD-2016-1210	Xen through 4.8.x allows local 64-bit x86 HVM guest OS users to gain privileges by leveraging mishandling of SYSCALL singlestep during emulation.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00099.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3847
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94963
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037491
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-204.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10013
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10013

History

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Subscriptions

Xen Xen

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-26T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:07:31.982Z

Reserved: 2016-12-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10013

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-01-26T15:59:00.127

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-10013

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2016-12-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10013 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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