The pygrub boot loader emulator in Xen, when S-expression output format is requested, allows local pygrub-using guest OS administrators to read or delete arbitrary files on the host via string quotes and S-expressions in the bootloader configuration file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-23T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:50:37.614Z

Reserved: 2016-11-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-9379

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-23T21:59:02.707

Modified: 2017-07-01T01:30:12.737

Link: CVE-2016-9379

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9379 - Bugzilla