xen: qemu: guest administrator can access qemu monitor console
Published Nov 23, 2012
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
The graphical console in Xen 4.0, 4.1 and 4.2 allows local OS guest administrators to obtain sensitive host resource information via the qemu monitor. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2007-0998.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the kernel-xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as we did not have support for Xen hypervisor.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00379) | 29.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00379) | 29.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00084) | 22.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 29.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 28.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 26.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (23)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00008.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00009.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00018.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00021.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00007.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00008.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50493 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51324 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51352 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51413 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55082 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-24.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2543 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/06/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/06/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/07/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55442 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4411 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855140 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4411
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4411
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