CVE-2012-5616
Apache CloudStack 4.0.0-incubating and Citrix CloudPlatform (formerly Citrix CloudStack) before 3.0.6 stores sensitive information in the log4j.conf log file, which allows local users to obtain (1) the SSH private key as recorded by the createSSHKeyPair API, (2) the password of an added host as recorded by the AddHost API, or the password of an added VM as recorded by the (3) DeployVM or (4) ResetPasswordForVM API.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-255
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (47th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5502)
- Published
- January 22, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5502 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / cloudstack
- citrix / cloudplatform
References
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-cloudstack-users/201301.mbox/%3C1BD2169F-BBFE-4E27-B50F-F17D7D08B565%40stratosec.co%3E
- http://osvdb.org/89070
- http://osvdb.org/89146
- http://osvdb.org/89147
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/65
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51366
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51821
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51827
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX136163(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57225
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57259
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027978
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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