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CVE-2015-3252

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

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.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache CloudStack: through 4.5.1

References

• http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cloudstack-users/201602.mbox/%3C7508580E-3D83-49FD-BE6E-B329B0503130%40gmail.com%3E
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537459/100/0/threaded
• https://blogs.apache.org/cloudstack/entry/two_late_announced_security_advisories
• http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cloudstack-users/201602.mbox/%3C7508580E-3D83-49FD-BE6E-B329B0503130%40gmail.com%3E
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537459/100/0/threaded
• https://blogs.apache.org/cloudstack/entry/two_late_announced_security_advisories

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