CVE-2008-3514
VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 before Update 2 and 2.0.2 before Update 5 relies on client-side "enabled/disabled functionality" for access control, which allows remote attackers to determine valid user names by enabling functionality in the GUI and then…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.81%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 before Update 2 and 2.0.2 before Update 5 relies on client-side "enabled/disabled functionality" for access control, which allows remote attackers to determine valid user names by enabling functionality in the GUI and then making an "attempt to assign permissions to other system users."
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.81% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- vmware/virtualcenter
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31468Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4150
- http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-080812.1.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495386/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30664
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020693
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0012.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/releasenotes_vc202u5.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2363Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44425
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31468Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4150
- http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-080812.1.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495386/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30664
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020693
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0012.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/releasenotes_vc202u5.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2363Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44425
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.