Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 27, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-4993
CVE-2007-4993
Description
pygrub (tools/pygrub/src/GrubConf.py) in Xen 3.0.3, when booting a guest domain, allows local users with elevated privileges in the guest domain to execute arbitrary commands in domain 0 via a crafted grub.conf file whose contents are used in exec statements.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:xensource_inc:xen:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
21- secunia.com/advisories/26986nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.xensource.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27047nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27072nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27085nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27103nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27141nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27161nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27486nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1384nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0323.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481825/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25825nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-527-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3348nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1752nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11240nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00004.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00030.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00082.htmlnvd
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