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CVE-2019-13314
virt-bootstrap 1.1.0 allows local users to discover a root password by listing a process, because this password may be present in the…
High7.8EPSS 0.57%
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- mitre
Description
virt-bootstrap 1.1.0 allows local users to discover a root password by listing a process, because this password may be present in the --root-password option to virt_bootstrap.py.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.57% · top 53% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2019-July/msg00043.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/virt-manager/virt-bootstrap/releases (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20190708 CVE-2019-13313, CVE-2019-13314: password disclosure via command line arguments (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-2084f9e721 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-e465ec0651 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1856 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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