CVE-2018-10472

low-risk
Published 2018-04-27

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.09% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.6/10 Medium
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (2)

Xen

Affected Vendors

Debian Xen

References (10)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104002
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201
Mitigation https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-258.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104002
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-06
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4201
Mitigation https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-258.html
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low-risk
Severity 15/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low