Unscored severity · published Nov 23, 2012
CVE-2012-6033
The do_tmem_control function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check privileges, which allows local guest OS users to access control…
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The do_tmem_control function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 does not properly check privileges, which allows local guest OS users to access control stack operations via unspecified vectors. NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XE
Xen · Xen
4.0.0; 4.1.0; 4.2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6033
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6033
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/85199
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50472
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/55082
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml
wiki.xen.org
http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-15_multiple_TMEM_hypercall_vulnerabilities
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