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CVE-2016-7092

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7092 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Xen's get_page_from_l3e function, affecting the Xen hypervisor. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.2) allows local 32-bit PV guest OS administrators to gain host OS privileges with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its perceived importance.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.2HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 360 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xen

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7092Important

xen: x86: Disallow L3 recursive pagetable for 32-bit PV guests

Sep 8, 2016

References

security.gentoo.org / glsa/201611-09
support.citrix.com / article/CTX216071
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3663
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
securityfocus.com / bid/92862
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036751
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/advisory-185.html
PatchVendor Advisory
xenbits.xen.org / xsa/xsa185.patch
PatchVendor Advisory