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CVE-2007-4993

Date: September 27, 2007

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.

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (24)

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00004.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27161

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27072

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11240

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27141

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27085

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1752

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4993

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25825

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-527-1

Url: http://bugzilla.xensource.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1068

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1384

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:203

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0323.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3348

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00030.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4993

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481825/100/0/threaded

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27103

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27047

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00082.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27486

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/26986

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2007-4993

Severity Score

7.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2007-4993

Date: September 27, 2007

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CVSS v3.1

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