01 Record
CVE-2008-4405
xend in Xen 3.0.3 does not properly limit the contents of the /local/domain xenstore directory tree, and does not properly restrict a guest VM's write access within this tree, which allows guest OS
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
xend in Xen 3.0.3 does not properly limit the contents of the /local/domain xenstore directory tree, and does not properly restrict a guest VM's write access within this tree, which allows guest OS
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 63.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-03 17:18Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ca2a4622e91614aabd9c2e2f103411829acd06feecf3358d27d9db07e393dc62
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2709http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2709
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464817
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:016http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:016
- secunia.com32064http://secunia.com/advisories/32064
- lists.xensource.com[xen-devel] 20080930 [PATCH] [Xend] Move some backend configurationhttp://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-09/msg00992.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:015http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20080930 CVE Request (xen)http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/30/6
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0003http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0003.html
- xenbits.xensource.comhttp://xenbits.xensource.com/staging/xen-3.3-testing.hg?rev/e0e17216ba70
- lists.xensource.com[xen-devel] 20080930 Re: [PATCH] [Xend] Move some backend configurationhttp://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2008-09/msg00994.html
- www.securityfocus.com31499http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31499
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10627https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10627
- www.securitytracker.com1020955http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020955
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081004 Re: CVE Request (xen)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/04/3
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464818