CVE-2008-5104
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 7.10, 8.04 LTS, and 8.10, when installed as a virtual machine by (1) python-vm-builder or (2) ubuntu-vm-builder in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10, have ! (exclamation point) as the default root password, which allows attackers to bypass intended login restrictions.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-255
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (41th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5083)
- Published
- November 17, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5083 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- dcgrendel / vmbuilder
- ubuntu / ubuntu linux
- ubuntu / ubuntu linux
- ubuntu / ubuntu linux
- ubuntu / ubuntu linux
References
- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiff(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32697(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32292(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/296841
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46881
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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