CVE-2019-10166 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting libvirtd versions 4.x.x before 4.10.1 and 5.x.x before 5.4.1, impacting Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Virtualization products. It allows a local, low-privileged attacker to modify managed save state files via the virDomainManagedSaveDefineXML() API, leading to arbitrary program execution when a virtual machine is resumed. The CVSS score is 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0.0, < 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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