A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (Virtualization Software) (version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Web Admin Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code vulnerability (Timeout). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-17. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Web Admin interface in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) allows local users to bypass the timeout function by selecting a VM in the VM grid view.

The weakness was published 09/08/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-1841 since 02/17/2015. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/14/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85999 (RHEL 6 : rhev-hypervisor (RHSA-2015:1713)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (85999). Similar entry is available at VDB-77649.

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• Enterprise Virtualization Manager

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