CVE-2008-4278

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

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.

Affected products

VMware Virtualcenter: through 2.5; 1.4.1, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.2-update_2, 2.0.2-update_3, 2.0.2-update_4 (+2)

References

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
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
http://secunia.com/advisories/32180

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