{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2008-4278", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "20081004 VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2" }, { "name": "32179", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32179" }, { "name": "ADV-2008-2740", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740" }, { "name": "1020992", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020992" }, { "name": "32180", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32180" }, { "name": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html" }, { "name": "31569", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31569" }, { "name": "vmware-virtualcenter-info-disclosure(45664)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45664" }, { "name": "20081004 VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded" } ] } }