CVE-2023-4949: Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

Status: Modified - Last modified: 21-11-2024 Published: 10-11-2023

CVE-2023-4949
Vulnerability Scoring

8.1
/10

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low Impact
  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Privileges Required: HIGH IMPACT
  • Scope: CHANGED
  • User Interaction: NONE

CIA Impact Definition

  • Confidentiality: HIGH IMPACT
  • Integrity: Low Impact
  • Availability: HIGH IMPACT

CVE-2023-4949 Vulnerability Summary

An attacker with local access to a system (either through a disk or external drive) can present a modified XFS partition to grub-legacy in such a way to exploit a memory corruption in grub’s XFS file system implementation.

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Access Complexity Graph for CVE-2023-4949

Impact Analysis for CVE-2023-4949

CVE-2023-4949: Detailed Information and External References

EPSS

0.00042

EPSS %

0.05085

References

0.00042

CWE

CWE-787

Vulnerable Configurations

  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub:0.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub:0.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS3 Source

cve-coordination@google.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:H

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