Information disclosure in Red Hat Virt-Install
CVE-2019-10183
Virt-install(1) utility used to provision new virtual machines has introduced an option '--unattended' to create VMs without user interaction. This option accepts guest VM password as command line arguments, thus leaking them to others users on the system via process listing. It was introduced recently in the virt-manager v2.2.0 release.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.2 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Virt-Install — versions from virt-manager v2.2.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 8.0
- Red Hat Virt-Manager — versions 2.2.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/109027 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3464 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-10183?
- CVE-2019-10183 is a low-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Virt-Install, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 3.2/10. Published 2019-07-03.
- How severe is CVE-2019-10183?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.2 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-10183 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.