CVE-2016-5008

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Jul 13, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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