CVE-2015-3251 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Apache CloudStack before 4.5.2 might allow remote authenticated administrators to obtain sensitive password information for root accounts of virtual machines via unspecified vectors related to API calls.

Published: 2016-02-08

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:cloudstack:4.4.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:cloudstack:4.5.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-3305	Apache CloudStack before 4.5.2 might allow remote authenticated administrators to obtain sensitive password information for root accounts of virtual machines via unspecified vectors related to API calls.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00179.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cloudstack-users/201602.mbox/%3C94DD4CB4-F718-4F79-A934-3D677E497114%40gmail.com%3E
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537458/100/0/threaded
https://blogs.apache.org/cloudstack/entry/two_late_announced_security_advisories

History

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Subscriptions

Apache Cloudstack

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-02-08T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:39:32.024Z

Reserved: 2015-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-3251

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-02-08T19:59:01.577

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-3251

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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