Information disclosure in Xen
CVE-2018-10472
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.10.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users (in certain configurations) to read arbitrary dom0 files via QMP live insertion of a CDROM, in conjunction with specifying the target file as the backing file of a snapshot.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Xen
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html (mailing-list)
- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-258.html (Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104002 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-10472?
- CVE-2018-10472 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xen, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.6/10. Published 2018-04-27.
- How severe is CVE-2018-10472?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.6 out of 10.