CVE-2016-9381 describes a race condition vulnerability in QEMU, specifically affecting Xen and XenServer environments. This flaw allows a local x86 HVM guest OS administrator to escalate privileges by manipulating shared rings, a "double fetch" issue. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), exploitation requires high attack complexity and high privileges, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:2.8.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:citrix:xenserver:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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