CVE-2015-7311 describes a vulnerability in libxl within Xen versions 4.1.x through 4.6.x, where the readonly flag for disk images is not correctly enforced when utilizing the qemu-xen device model. This flaw allows local guest users to bypass the intended read-only restriction and write to disk images that should be immutable. With a CVSS score of 3.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access and low attack complexity, with potential impact limited to partial 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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