CVE-2014-0189 (GCVE-0-2014-0189)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-05-02 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 09:05
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
virt-who uses world-readable permissions for /etc/sysconfig/virt-who, which allows local users to obtain password for hypervisors by reading the file.
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