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CVE-2012-2690

Date: June 29, 2012

virt-edit in libguestfs before 1.18.0 does not preserve the permissions from the original file and saves the new file with world-readable permissions when editing, which might allow local guest users to obtain sensitive information.

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2012-May/msg00104.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76220
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2690
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53932
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2690
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0774.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49431
http://secunia.com/advisories/49545
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-2690

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Credentials Management

CWE-255

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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