Vigil@nce - Virt-install: privilege escalation via Guest VM Password Process Listing
January 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/computer-vulnerability
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: RHEL.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: privileged access/rights, user access/rights.
Provenance: user shell.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 06/11/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can bypass restrictions via Guest VM Password Process
Listing of Virt-install, in order to escalate his privileges.
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