CVE-2008-4278

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4278
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-06 19:54:36 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionVMware 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.0 unknown client All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 1.4.1 All All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.0.2 update_2 All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.0.2 update_3 All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.0.2 update_4 All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.5 All All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.5 update_1 All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter All update_2 All All
Application Vmware Virtual Infrastructure Client All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VMSA-2008-0016.2 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Patch
VMware VirtualCenter Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
'VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware Products In-Guest Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
VMware VirtualCenter May Display the User's Password in Clear Text - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
VMware ESX Server Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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