VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4278
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.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- vmware/virtualcenter
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020992
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.htmlPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45664
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020992
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.htmlPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45664
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.