CVE-2025-27463WinPVDrivers: Excessive permissions on user-exposed devices
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[This CNA information record relates to multiple CVEs; the text explains which aspects/vulnerabilities correspond to which CVE.] The Windows PV drivers expose various facilities to userspace. Several of these have no security descriptor, and are therefore fully accessible to unprivileged users. These are: 1. XenCons, CVE-2025-27462 2. XenIface, CVE-2025-27463 3. XenBus, CVE-2025-27464
- CVSS
- 9.4 CRITICAL (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-276
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- XEN
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
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