CVE-2019-10161 is a path traversal vulnerability in libvirtd versions prior to 4.10.1 and 5.4.1, impacting various Canonical and Red Hat enterprise Linux and virtualization products. It allows read-only clients to use the virDomainSaveImageGetXMLDesc() API to access arbitrary files with libvirtd's permissions. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating that a local attacker with low privileges and no user interaction can achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, including probing file existence, causing denial of service, or executing arbitrary programs. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.0, < 5.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:libvirt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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