VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-4400

virt-login-shell in libvirt 1.1.2 through 1.1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via unspecified environment variables or command-line arguments.

HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.35%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

virt-login-shell in libvirt 1.1.2 through 1.1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via unspecified environment variables or command-line arguments.

CVSS 2.0: 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS: 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-264
Affected: redhat/libvirt
Source: secalert@redhat.com

References

http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e2f27e13b94f7302ad948bcacb5e02c859a25fc
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c3586ea755c40d5e01b22cb7b5c1e668cdec994
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7fcc799ad5d8f3e55b89b94e599903e3c092467
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/121370.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015228Patch
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3e2f27e13b94f7302ad948bcacb5e02c859a25fc
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c3586ea755c40d5e01b22cb7b5c1e668cdec994
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b7fcc799ad5d8f3e55b89b94e599903e3c092467
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-November/121370.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60895
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-04.xml
http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Maintenance_Releases
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015228Patch

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.