CVE-2012-4606 describes a Local Privilege Escalation vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Citrix XenServer, including versions 4.1, 5.0 through 5.6 SP2, and 6.0. This flaw allows a local user within a guest operating system to elevate their privileges on the host system. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:5.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.