CVE-2007-3919 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Xen 3.1 and earlier, specifically within the xenbaked and xenmon.py components. Attackers can exploit this by using a symlink attack on the /tmp/xenq-shm file, allowing them to truncate arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 6.0, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and requires local user authentication, but can lead to high integrity and availability impacts (data loss). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.3_0_1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xensource_inc:xen:3.0.3_0_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.3_0_3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xensource_inc:xen:3.0.3_0_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
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