CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: xen 4.5.3, 4.6.3, and 4.7.x allow local hvm guest os administrators to overwrite hypervisor memory and consequently gain host os privileges by leveraging mishandling of instruction pointer truncation during emulation.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2016-09-21
Last Modified Date: 2017-07-01