CVE-2014-0189

low
Published 2014-05-02 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
VIR risk
2.1

Description

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel7.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
virt-who_projectvirt-who-

References

CWEs

CWE-310

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Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.