Xen Hypervisor Flaws Let One Malicious VM Read and Write Any Other VM's Memory
Two flaws in the Xen hypervisor allow a malicious guest virtual machine (VM) to read and write the memory of other VMs on the same host, including dom0. Dom0 is the VM that, by default, has full permissions and manages the others.
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