CVE-2008-4278

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-4278
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-10-06T19:54:36
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-11T20:51:15
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtual_infrastructure_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:*:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.5
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0:unknown:client:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.2:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.2:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.2:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.5:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 2.1
  • Severity
  • LOW
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/32180 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020992
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45664
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4278
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4278
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:27:51 Added to TrackCVE