CVE-2012-2690 describes a vulnerability in libguestfs versions prior to 1.18.0, specifically within the virt-edit utility. This flaw causes edited files to be saved with world-readable permissions, potentially allowing local guest users to access sensitive information. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating local access and low attack complexity are required for a partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.17.43CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.16.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.16.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libguestfs:libguestfs:1.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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