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CVE-2016-9379

HIGH · CVSS 7.9 EPSS 0.44%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-01-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2016-9379
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.9
EPSS
0.44%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The pygrub boot loader emulator in Xen, when S-expression output format is requested, allows local pygrub-using guest OS administrators to read or delete arbitrary files on the host via string quotes and S-expressions in the bootloader configuration file.