CVE-2008-3514
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD
VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 before Update 2 and 2.0.2 before Update 5 relies on client-side "enabled/disabled functionality" for access control, which allows remote attackers to determine valid user names by enabling functionality in the GUI and then making an "attempt to assign permissions to other system users."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 1.8% (79th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3500)
- Published
- August 13, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3500 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31468(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4150
- http://www.insomniasec.com/advisories/ISVA-080812.1.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495386/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30664
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020693
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0012.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/releasenotes_vc202u5.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2363(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44425
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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