CVE-2008-2101 describes a vulnerability in VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) command-line utilities for VMware ESX versions 3.0.1 through 3.0.3 and 3.5, where passwords are exposed on the command line. This allows local users to access sensitive information by listing running processes. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (low severity), the attack requires local access and has a low complexity, primarily leading to information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:vmware:esx:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.