CVE-2012-6115

low

Published 2013-03-12 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

2.1

Description

The domain management tool (rhevm-manage-domains) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) 3.1 and earlier, when the validate action is enabled, logs the administrative password to a world-readable log file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
redhat	enterprise_virtualization_manager	`{"endIncluding":"3.1"}`
redhat	enterprise_virtualization_manager	`2.1`
redhat	enterprise_virtualization_manager	`2.2`
redhat	enterprise_virtualization_manager	`2.2.3`
redhat	enterprise_virtualization_manager	`3.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-255

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.