Vulnerability CVE-2008-4278
Published: 2008-10-06   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-200

 (Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Vmware -> Virtualcenter 

 References:
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
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
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