CVE-2008-4278 Information

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.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/32179 http://secunia.com/advisories/32180 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