CVE-2017-10915 describes a critical race condition vulnerability (XSA-219) in the shadow-paging feature of Xen through version 4.8.x. This flaw allows a guest OS user to escalate privileges and gain control over the Xen hypervisor itself. With a CVSS score of 9.0 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is network-exploitable with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, despite high attack complexity. While no public exploits (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation (KEV) are currently reported, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for a complete hypervisor compromise makes it a significant risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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