CVE-2008-4405: citrix xen
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-4405 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in citrix xen. EPSS estimates a 1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 03-10-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 users to cause a denial of service and possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to (1) console/tty, (2) console/limit, or (3) image/device-model-pid. NOTE: this issue was originally reported as an issue in libvirt 0.3.3 and xenstore, but CVE is considering the core issue to be related to Xen.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.04%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
63%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.04% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (xenbits.xensource.com)
Maturity: unknown
Xen 3.3 - XenStore Domain Configuration Data Unsafe Storage
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Citrix1 product
- xen3.0.3
1 vendor · 1 product
References
15 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464817X Refsource CONFIRM
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- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10627VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464818X Refsource CONFIRM