A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in ovirt-engine up to 4.1.11.1/4.2.2.4 (Virtualization Software). This issue affects an unknown part of the component API/Administration Web Portal. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability (Credentials). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

ovirt-engine API and administration web portal before versions 4.2.2.5, 4.1.11.2 is vulnerable to an exposure of Power Management credentials, including cleartext passwords to Host Administrators. A Host Administrator could use this flaw to gain access to the power management systems of hosts they control.

The bug was discovered 03/08/2018. The weakness was published 04/26/2018 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-1074 since 12/04/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 49 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 4.1.11.2 or 4.2.2.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at VDB-119657, VDB-119993, VDB-122261 and VDB-132175.

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• ovirt-engine

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• 4.1.11.0
• 4.1.11.1
• 4.2.2.0
• 4.2.2.1
• 4.2.2.2
• 4.2.2.3
• 4.2.2.4

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