1.9
LOW
CVE-2015-2152
Xen QEMU VGA Console Access Vulnerability
Description

Xen 4.5.x and earlier enables certain default backends when emulating a VGA device for an x86 HVM guest qemu even when the configuration disables them, which allows local guest users to obtain access to the VGA console by (1) setting the DISPLAY environment variable, when compiled with SDL support, or connecting to the VNC server on (2) ::1 or (3) 127.0.0.1, when not compiled with SDL support.

INFO

Published Date :

March 18, 2015, 4:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 30, 2018, 4:26 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

3.4
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-2152 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Xen xen

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-2152 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-2152 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.5.0 OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.5.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73068 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html Vendor Advisory http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031919 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031919 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Changed Reference Type http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html No Types Assigned http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-2152 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-2152 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.24338

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability