virt-v2v: vnc password protection is missing after vm conversion
Published Feb 8, 2014
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.47%
Description
virt-v2v before 0.8.4 does not preserve the VNC console password when converting a guest, which allows local users to bypass the intended VNC authentication by connecting without a password.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 0.8.3
- 0.1.0
- 0.2.0
- 0.3.0
- 0.3.2
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.9
- 0.4.10
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.5.4
- 0.6.0
- 0.6.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.3
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.8.2
Configuration 2
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
virt-v2v-0:0.8.3-5.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2011:1615
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
virt-v2v
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | virt-v2v-0:0.8.3-5.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:1615 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | virt-v2v | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00471) | 38.46th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00471) | 36.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00072) | 19.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 31.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 40.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1615.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47086 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/77558 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1773 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702754 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/virt-v2v.git/commit/?id=7e9393129116699d1228bb02b9f65b78584582c1 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1773
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1773
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1615.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/47086 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/77558 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1773 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702754 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/virt-v2v.git/commit/?id=7e9393129116699d1228bb02b9f65b78584582c1 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1773 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1773 |
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