CVE-2007-4993
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (51th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4974)
- Published
- September 27, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4974 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xensource inc / xen
References
- http://bugzilla.xensource.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1068
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26986(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27047
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27072
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27085
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27103
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27141
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27161
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27486
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1384
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:203
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0323.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481825/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25825
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-527-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3348
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1752
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11240
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00004.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00030.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00082.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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