CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4278
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-10-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 before Update 3 build 119838 on Windows displays a user's password in cleartext when the password contains unspecified special characters, which allows physically proximate attackers to steal the password.
Affected configurations
• vmware virtualcenter (<= 2.5)
• vmware virtualcenter 1.4.1
• vmware virtualcenter 2.0.1
• vmware virtualcenter 2.0.2
• vmware virtualcenter 2.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020992 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45664 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2 marc.info
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020992 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45664 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com