Vulnerability CVE-2012-2690
Published: 2012-06-29   Modified: 2012-07-04

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.

Type:

CWE-255

 (Credentials Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Libguestfs -> Libguestfs 

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