CVE-2008-4278 (GCVE-0-2008-4278)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-10-06 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:08
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
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