CVE-2008-4278 describes a cleartext password vulnerability in VMware VirtualCenter 2.5 before Update 3 build 119838 on Windows. When a user's password contains specific special characters, the software displays it in cleartext, enabling physically proximate attackers to steal the password. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of partial confidentiality loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:*:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:virtualcenter:2.0.2:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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