CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-0518
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-04-06
- 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
VI Client in VMware VirtualCenter before 2.5 Update 4, VMware ESXi 3.5 before Update 4, and VMware ESX 3.5 before Update 4 retains the VirtualCenter Server password in process memory, which might allow local users to obtain this password.
Affected configurations
• vmware vmware esx 3.5
• vmware vmware esxi 3.5
• vmware vmware virtualcenter 1.1
• vmware vmware virtualcenter 1.2
• vmware vmware virtualcenter 1.3
• vmware vmware virtualcenter 1.3.1
• vmware vmware virtualcenter 1.4
• vmware vmware virtualcenter 1.4.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html seclists.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34585 secunia.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html www.vmware.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944 www.vupen.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6376 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html seclists.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34585 secunia.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html www.vmware.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944 www.vupen.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6376 oval.cisecurity.org