CVE-2008-4278

Summary

CVECVE-2008-4278
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-06 19:54:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-11 20:51:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Application Vmware Virtualcenter 2.0 unknown client 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 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
Application Vmware Virtual Infrastructure Client All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
VMSA-2008-0016.2 - VMware CONFIRM www.vmware.com Patch
VMware Products In-Guest Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
VMware ESX Server Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
VMware VirtualCenter May Display the User's Password in Clear Text - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
VMware VirtualCenter Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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