CVE-2012-2690

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-06-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

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.

Affected products

Libguestfs: through 1.17.43; 1.16.0, 1.16.1, 1.16.2, 1.16.3, 1.16.4, 1.16.5 (+64)

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0774.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49431
http://secunia.com/advisories/49545
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53932
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76220
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2012-May/msg00104.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0774.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49431
http://secunia.com/advisories/49545
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53932
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76220
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2012-May/msg00104.html

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