CVE-2016-9637

Severity

37%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

106%

The (1) ioport_read and (2) ioport_write functions in Xen, when qemu is used as a device model within Xen, might allow local x86 HVM guest OS administrators to gain qemu process privileges via vectors involving an out-of-range ioport access.

The (1) ioport_read and (2) ioport_write functions in Xen, when qemu is used as a device model within Xen, might allow local x86 HVM guest OS administrators to gain qemu process privileges via vectors involving an out-of-range ioport access.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Citrix XenServer

First reported 8 years ago

2017-02-17 02:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2018-02-08 02:29:00

Affected Software

Citrix XenServer 6.0.2

6.0.2

Citrix XenServer 6.2.0 Service Pack 1

6.2.0

Citrix XenServer 6.5 Service Pack 1

6.5

Citrix XenServer 7.0

7.0

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