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CVE-2014-0189

Date: May 2, 2014

virt-who uses world-readable permissions for /etc/sysconfig/virt-who, which allows local users to obtain password for hypervisors by reading the file.

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0189

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088732

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/2

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0430.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081286

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0189

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67089

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-0189

Severity Score

4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Cryptographic Issues

CWE-310

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
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:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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