---
id: 4541
title: "[CVE-2015-7835] Xen exploitation part 2: XSA-148, from guest to host"
cve: CVE-2015-7835
source_domain: blog.quarkslab.com
source_url: "https://blog.quarkslab.com/xen-exploitation-part-2-xsa-148-from-guest-to-host.html"
published_at: "2016-07-26T22:00:00Z"
tags: ["exploitation", "cve", "vm-escape", "paravirtualization", "quarkslab", "xen"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4541"
lang: en
---

# [CVE-2015-7835] Xen exploitation part 2: XSA-148, from guest to host

## Summary

Exploiting Xen XSA-148 (CVE-2015-7835): a page-table bug lets x86 paravirtualized guests execute arbitrary code in dom0; explains the vulnerability and develops a full working exploit.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.quarkslab.com
- **CVE:** CVE-2015-7835
- **Published:** 2016-07-26T22:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://blog.quarkslab.com/xen-exploitation-part-2-xsa-148-from-guest-to-host.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4541