VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-0518
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.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.33%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 26th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- vmware/vmware esx · vmware/vmware esxi · vmware/vmware virtualcenter
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34585
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6376
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34585
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6376
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.