CVE-2015-8550 | Date: (C)2016-04-28 (M)2024-05-24 |
Xen, when used on a system providing PV backends, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain privileges by writing to memory shared between the frontend and backend, aka a double fetch vulnerability.
CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -CVSS V3 Severity: | CVSS V2 Severity: |
CVSS Score : 8.2 | CVSS Score : 5.7 |
Exploit Score: 1.5 | Exploit Score: 3.1 |
Impact Score: 6.0 | Impact Score: 8.5 |
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CVSS V3 Metrics: | CVSS V2 Metrics: |
Attack Vector: LOCAL | Access Vector: LOCAL |
Attack Complexity: LOW | Access Complexity: LOW |
Privileges Required: HIGH | Authentication: SINGLE |
User Interaction: NONE | Confidentiality: PARTIAL |
Scope: CHANGED | Integrity: PARTIAL |
Confidentiality: HIGH | Availability: COMPLETE |
Integrity: HIGH | |
Availability: HIGH | |
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