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CVE-2014-0189

• 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: 2014-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-310

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.

Affected products

• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0
• Virt-Who Project Virt-Who: all versions

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0430.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67089
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081286
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088732
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0430.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67089
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081286
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088732

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