CVE-2008-2101
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) command-line utilities in VMware ESX 3.0.1 through 3.0.3 and ESX 3.5 place a password on the command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2098)
- Published
- September 3, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2098 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
- vmware / esx
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31713(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4202
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020794
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30937
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2466
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44797
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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