Bug 911699 (CVE-2013-0293)

Summary: CVE-2013-0293 rhev: rhev-h: Lock screen accepts F2 to drop to shell
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Petr Matousek <pmatouse>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Petr Matousek 2013-02-15 16:58:15 UTC 
F2 on the lock screen will cause the UI to drop to a root shell. This means the screen is not really locked and an unprivileged user that has access to the console or the ssh session can elevate his privileges.

Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by Mike Burns of Red Hat.
Comment 1 Petr Matousek 2013-02-15 16:58:48 UTC 
Statement:

Not vulnerable.

This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor 5 and 6.