What is CVE-2017-5572?

CVE-2017-5572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Citrix Xenserver, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-01-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-5572?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Citrix Xenserver

CVE-2017-5572

An issue was discovered in Linux Foundation xapi in Citrix XenServer through 7.0. An authenticated read-only administrator can corrupt the host database.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.004 (62.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Citrix Xenserver — versions 6.0.2, 6.2.0, 6.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5572?: CVE-2017-5572 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Citrix Xenserver, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-01-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-5572?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.