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CVE-2008-2101
The VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) command-line utilities in VMware ESX 3.0.1 through 3.0.3 and ESX 3.5 place a password on the command…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.38%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 68% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) command-line utilities in VMware ESX 3.0.1 through 3.0.3 and ESX 3.5 place a password on the command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References10
- GLSA-201209-25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- vmware-esx-vcb-info-disclosure(44797) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31713 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30937 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20080830 VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20080830 VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 1020794 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 4202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2466 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-2098 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-2101)Record last updated .