CVE-2008-4278 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-4278
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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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45664 ST 1020992 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA32180 Secunia Advisory: SA32179 CONFIRM http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2 BID 31569

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