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CVE-2016-9379

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Published: Jan 23, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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7.9
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Exploitability: 1.5 / Impact: 5.8
Source: NVD

Description

The pygrub boot loader emulator in Xen, when S-expression output format is requested, allows local pygrub-using guest OS administrators to read or delete arbitrary files on the host via string quotes and S-expressions in the bootloader configuration file.

Affected (5)

Products: Xen: Xen · Citrix: Xenserver
Xen
1 product
Xen
Citrix
1 product
Xenserver
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Xen
All versions
Configuration B
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Citrix
Xenserver
Version 6.0.2
Xenserver
Version 6.2.0
Xenserver
Version 6.5
Xenserver
Version 7.0

Related CWEs

CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (12)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchThird Party Advisory

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