Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-4278 First vendor Publication 2008-10-06
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4278

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-200 Information Exposure

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 14

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
49089 VMware VirtualCenter Unspecified User Password Cleartext Disclosure

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-07-27 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2008-0016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-10 Name : The remote Windows host has an application that is affected by multiple issues.
File : vmware_multiple_vmsa_2008_0014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
http://secunia.com/advisories/32180
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020992
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45664
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