CVE-2008-4278
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
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% (31th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4261)
- Published
- October 6, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4261 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows
- vmware / virtual infrastructure client
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
- vmware / virtualcenter
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45664
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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