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Linux DoS Xen 4.2.0 2012-5525

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Disclosed
N/A
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module causes a hypervisor crash in Xen 4.2.0 when invoked from a
paravirtualized VM, including from dom0. Successfully tested on Debian 7
3.2.0-4-amd64 with Xen 4.2.0.

Authors

Christoph Sendner [email protected]
Aleksandar Milenkoski [email protected]

Platform

Linux

Architectures

x64

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use post/linux/dos/xen_420_dos
    msf post(xen_420_dos) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf post(xen_420_dos) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf post(xen_420_dos) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf post(xen_420_dos) > run
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