Vulnerability CVE-2009-0518
Published: 2009-04-06   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
VI Client in VMware VirtualCenter before 2.5 Update 4, VMware ESXi 3.5 before Update 4, and VMware ESX 3.5 before Update 4 retains the VirtualCenter Server password in process memory, which might allow local users to obtain this 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 -> Vmware esx 
Vmware -> Vmware esxi 
Vmware -> Vmware virtualcenter 

 References:
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
http://secunia.com/advisories/34585
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6376
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