FKIE_CVE-2008-4278

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-10-06 19:54 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:57
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32179
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32180Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020992
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45664
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32180Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020992
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45664
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vmware virtual_infrastructure_client *
vmware virtualcenter *
vmware virtualcenter 1.4.1
vmware virtualcenter 2.0
vmware virtualcenter 2.0.1
vmware virtualcenter 2.0.2
vmware virtualcenter 2.0.2
vmware virtualcenter 2.0.2
vmware virtualcenter 2.0.2
vmware virtualcenter 2.5
vmware virtualcenter 2.5
microsoft windows *
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