CVE-2020-27672
Xen x86 Hypervisor Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x allowing x86 guest OS users to cause a host OS denial of service, achieve data corruption, or possibly gain privileges by exploiting a race condition that leads to a use-after-free involving 2MiB and 1GiB superpages.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 22, 2020, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:20 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2020-27672
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2020-27672.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00075.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00025.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/7 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-345.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XIK57QJOVOPWH6RFRNMGOBCROBCKMDG2/ | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4804 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-345.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2020-27672 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-27672 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.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XIK57QJOVOPWH6RFRNMGOBCROBCKMDG2/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XIK57QJOVOPWH6RFRNMGOBCROBCKMDG2/ -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 26, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00075.html Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00075.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00025.html Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00025.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/7 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/7 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-345.html No Types Assigned http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-345.html Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XIK57QJOVOPWH6RFRNMGOBCROBCKMDG2/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XIK57QJOVOPWH6RFRNMGOBCROBCKMDG2/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4804 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4804 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 21, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-362 CWE-362 CWE-416 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 19, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-345.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 19, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/7 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 05, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4804 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 20, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XIK57QJOVOPWH6RFRNMGOBCROBCKMDG2/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 11, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-06 [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 10, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00075.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00075.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00025.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00025.html Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions from (including) 3.2 up to (including) 4.14.0 OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions from (including) 3.2.0 up to (including) 4.14.0 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 06, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00025.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 02, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00075.html [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 30, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-345.html No Types Assigned https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-345.html Patch, Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-362 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions from (including) 3.2 up to (including) 4.14.0
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-27672 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-2020-27672
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.12065
percentile