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CVE-2008-4278

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
06/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtual_infrastructure_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:*:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0:unknown:client:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.2:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.2:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.2:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.5:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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