CVE-2007-4993 in Xen

Summary

pygrub (tools/pygrub/src/GrubConf.py) in Xen 3.0.3, when booting a guest domain, allows local users with elevated privileges in the guest domain to execute arbitrary commands in domain 0 via a crafted grub.conf file whose contents are used in exec statements.

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• Reservation: 09/20/2007
• Disclosure: 09/27/2007
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-20 (Confirmed)
• Exploit: Download
• CVSS: 4.2
• EPSS: 0.00264
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4993
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4993
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2007-4993/