Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2016-9379 First vendor Publication 2017-01-23
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Overall CVSS Score 7.9
Base Score 7.9 Environmental Score 7.9
impact SubScore 5.8 Temporal Score 7.9
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.5
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High User Interaction None
Scope Changed Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact None
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The pygrub boot loader emulator in Xen, when S-expression output format is requested, allows local pygrub-using guest OS administrators to read or delete arbitrary files on the host via string quotes and S-expressions in the bootloader configuration file.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9379

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 4
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-10-13 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2017-0153.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-03 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-03 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-4.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-03 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-56.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-27 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-3273-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-20 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-3174-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-20 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-3174-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-16 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2016-1477.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-14 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-3156-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-13 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-3083-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-12 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-3067-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-08 Name : The remote Xen hypervisor installation is missing a security update.
File : xen_server_XSA-198.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-08 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2016-3044-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-08 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3729.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-05 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_59f79c99ba4d11e6ae1b002590263bf5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-05 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-999e1a6927.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-05 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-95c104a4c6.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-05 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2016-68b71978a1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-05 Name : The remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : citrix_xenserver_CTX218775.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-25 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-720.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-23 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0164.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-23 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0166.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-23 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2016-0165.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94473
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037347
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-198.html
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa198.patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-56
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX218775
Source Url

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2024-11-28 13:00:10
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2021-05-04 12:54:46
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2021-04-22 02:06:53
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2020-05-23 00:53:48
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2017-10-14 13:24:59
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2017-07-01 09:23:46
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2017-01-26 17:23:22
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2017-01-26 12:06:16
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2017-01-25 17:23:39
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2017-01-25 05:22:52
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2017-01-24 05:22:36
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