Xen 4.5.x/4.6.x/4.7.x/4.8.x/4.9.x on x86 Grant Reference Mapping access control
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A vulnerability was found in Xen 4.5.x/4.6.x/4.7.x/4.8.x/4.9.x on x86 (Virtualization Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Grant Reference Mapping. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
arch/x86/mm.c in Xen allows local PV guest OS users to gain host OS privileges via vectors related to map_grant_ref.
The bug was discovered 08/15/2017. The weakness was presented 08/15/2017 by Andrew Cooper with Citrix as XSA-227 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xenbits.xen.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-12137 since 08/01/2017. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102526 (Citrix XenServer Multiple Vulnerabilities (CTX225941)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 390007 (Oracle VM Server for x86 Security Update for xen (OVMSA-2017-0142)).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (102526). See 101094, 105309, 105389 and 105391 for similar entries.
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
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Nessus ID: 102526
Nessus Name: Citrix XenServer Multiple Vulnerabilities (CTX225941)
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OpenVAS ID: 53376
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3969-1 (xen - security update)
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Sources
Advisory: XSA-227Researcher: Andrew Cooper
Organization: Citrix
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-12137 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1039174
SecurityFocus: 100342 - Xen CVE-2017-12137 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 08/16/2017 22:13Updated: 11/07/2019 15:38
Changes: 08/16/2017 22:13 (81), 11/07/2019 15:38 (6)
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