Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2007-4993 First vendor Publication 2007-09-27
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-15

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4993

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11240
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11240
Title: 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.
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-4993
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17613
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17613
Title: USN-527-1 -- xen-3.0 vulnerability
Description: Joris van Rantwijk discovered that the Xen host did not correctly validate the contents of a Xen guests's grug.conf file.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-527-1
CVE-2007-4993
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 7.04
 Product(s): xen-3.0
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22666
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22666
Title: ELSA-2007:0323: xen security update (Important)
Description: 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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2007:0323-01
CVE-2007-1320
CVE-2007-1321
CVE-2007-4993
 Version: 17
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): xen
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for xen MDKSA-2007:203 (xen)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_203.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for xen-3.0 vulnerability USN-527-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_527_1.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for xen FEDORA-2007-2270
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2270_xen_fc7.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for xen FEDORA-2007-2708
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_2708_xen_fc7.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for xen FEDORA-2007-713
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_713_xen_fc6.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for xen FEDORA-2008-2083
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2083_xen_fc7.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1384-1 (xen-utils)
File : nvt/deb_1384_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
41340 Xen pygrub (tools/pygrub/src/GrubConf.py) Cross-Domain Arbitrary Command Exec...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0323.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20071004_xen_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0323.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-29 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-2083.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-527-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-2270.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-06 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-2708.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-02 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-203.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-09 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1384.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-09 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-713.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-03 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0323.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25825
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481825/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://bugzilla.xensource.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1068
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1752
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1384
FEDORA https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg0000...
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00030...
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00082...
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:203
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0323.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/26986
http://secunia.com/advisories/27047
http://secunia.com/advisories/27072
http://secunia.com/advisories/27085
http://secunia.com/advisories/27103
http://secunia.com/advisories/27141
http://secunia.com/advisories/27161
http://secunia.com/advisories/27486
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-527-1
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3348

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