VDB
GHSA-cg7x-wpjc-28wr
GHSA-cg7x-wpjc-28wr
PUBLISHED
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 2, 2022
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.
Timeline
- May 2, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569 url
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020992 url
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html url
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45664 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4278 advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180 url
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740 url