CVE-2014-0189
virt-who: plaintext hypervisor passwords in world-readable /etc/sysconfig/virt-who configuration file
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · March 26, 2014
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
It was discovered that the /etc/sysconfig/virt-who configuration file, which may contain hypervisor authentication credentials, was world-readable. A local user could use this flaw to obtain authentication credentials from this file.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE-312 · Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information