CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.5
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: the x86 emulator in kvm 83 does not use the current privilege level (cpl) and i/o privilege level (iopl) in determining the memory access available to cpl3 code, which allows guest os users to cause a denial of service (guest os crash) or gain privileges on the guest os by leveraging access to a (1) io port or (2) mmio region, a related issue to cve-2010-0306.
Access Authentication: SINGLE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2010-02-12
Last Modified Date: 2017-09-19