libvirt before 1.2.12 allow remote authenticated users to obtain the VNC password by using the VIR_DOMAIN_XML_SECURE flag with a crafted (1)

Affected versions

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

• canonical ubuntu linux12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux15.04
• canonical ubuntu linux15.10
• mageia mageia4.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop7.0
• redhat enterprise linux hpc node7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server7.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation7.0
• redhat libvirtup to 1.2.11 inclusive
• redhat libvirt1.2.0
• redhat libvirt1.2.1
• redhat libvirt1.2.10
• redhat libvirt1.2.2
• redhat libvirt1.2.3
• redhat libvirt1.2.4
• redhat libvirt1.2.5
• redhat libvirt1.2.6
• redhat libvirt1.2.7
• redhat libvirt1.2.8

Package-level exposure

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

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2014-8136The (1) qemuDomainMigratePerform and (2) qemuDomainMigrateFinish2 functions in qemu/qemu_driver.c in libvirt do not unlock the domain when a
  8Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.