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CVE-2014-0189: virt-who uses world-readable permissions for /etc/sysconfig/virt-who, which allows local users to obtain password for hypervisors by reading…

LowCVSS 2.1 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 8/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.38% (FIRST EPSS).
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: virt-who (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client) 0:0.10-8.el6; virt-who (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client) 0:0.11-5.el7; virt-who (Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::client) 0:0.9-6.el5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to virt-who (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client) 0:0.10-8.el6; virt-who (Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client) 0:0.11-5.el7; virt-who (Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::client) 0:0.9-6.el5 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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

Published
May 2, 2014
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 33th percentile

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Action score

8

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
8 / 40 · 2.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
redhatenterprise linux desktop
redhatenterprise linux server
redhatenterprise linux workstation
virt-who projectvirt-who

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • redhat enterprise linux desktop7.0
  • redhat enterprise linux server7.0
  • redhat enterprise linux workstation7.0
  • virt-who project virt-whoall versions

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientvirt-whobefore 0:0.10-8.el60:0.10-8.el6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientvirt-whobefore 0:0.11-5.el70:0.11-5.el7
Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::clientvirt-whobefore 0:0.9-6.el50:0.9-6.el5

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
red hat:virt-who0:0.9-6.el5 · Red Hat:rhel_virtualization:5::clientPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-310 · Cryptographic Issues

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

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