CVE-2015-3251
Apache CloudStack before 4.5.2 might allow remote authenticated administrators to obtain...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.9
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.
- Record
CVE-2015-3251- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2015-3251- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-3305 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2015-3305- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mm84-f7fc-q3fw
4.9
Apache CloudStack before 4.5.2 might allow remote authenticated administrators to obtain...
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.
- Record
GHSA-mm84-f7fc-q3fw- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2015-3251 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Apache Cloudstack, published February 8, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.45%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
blogs.apache.org/cloudstack/entry/two_late_announced_security_advisories
securityfocus.com/archive/1/537458/100/0/threaded
mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cloudstack-users/201602.mbox/%3C94DD4CB4-F718-4F79-A934-3D677E497114%40gmail.com%3E
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3251
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mm84-f7fc-q3fw