01 Record
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 --root-password option to virt_bootstrap.py.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 46.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-07-05 13:22Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 23:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-07-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e9a20afeeba92559f7ed78d388c9857df9c6dbd8649e734486208a503d922488
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/virt-tools-list/2019-July/msg00043.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/virt-manager/virt-bootstrap/releases
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20190708 CVE-2019-13313, CVE-2019-13314: password disclosure via command line argumentshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/08/3
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-2084f9e721https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D2PQSLGSTPVQ5WQ4DDKFV4I262JIFXY6/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-e465ec0651https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YKMQLYAHCDIE5TBXWDNBG7554KWI5QT3/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1787http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00080.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1856http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00026.html