libvirt before 2.0.0 improperly disables password checking when the password on a VNC server is set to an empty string, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and establish a VNC session by connecting to the server.
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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01552}

epss

{'score': 0.02531}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-07-13T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:40.241Z

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-5008

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-07-13T15:59:05.873

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-5008

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-01-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5008 - Bugzilla