CVE-2012-6115

The domain management tool (rhevm-manage-domains) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) 3.1 and earlier, when the validate action is enabled, logs the administrative password to a world-readable log file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.

Published: 2013-03-12 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-6115 is rated Low Risk (18.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-6115

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.37% +0.31%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-6115

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-6115

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-6115

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6115

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-6115

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat enterprise_virtualization_manager <= 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_virtualization_manager 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_manager:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_virtualization_manager 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_manager:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_virtualization_manager 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_manager:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_virtualization_manager 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_manager:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-6115

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