fkie_cve-2008-4278
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-10-06 19:54
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| vmware | virtual_infrastructure_client | * | |
| vmware | virtualcenter | * | |
| vmware | virtualcenter | 1.4.1 | |
| vmware | virtualcenter | 2.0 | |
| vmware | virtualcenter | 2.0.1 | |
| vmware | virtualcenter | 2.0.2 | |
| vmware | virtualcenter | 2.0.2 | |
| vmware | virtualcenter | 2.0.2 | |
| vmware | virtualcenter | 2.0.2 | |
| vmware | virtualcenter | 2.5 | |
| vmware | virtualcenter | 2.5 | |
| microsoft | windows | * |
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