CVE-2015-3252 (GCVE-0-2015-3252)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-02-08 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
VLAI
Summary
Apache CloudStack before 4.5.2 does not properly preserve VNC passwords when migrating KVM virtual machines, which allows remote attackers to gain access by connecting to the VNC server.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-02-05 00:00
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