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CVE-2008-5103
The (1) python-vm-builder and (2) ubuntu-vm-builder implementations in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10 omit the -e option when invoking…
High7.2EPSS 0.47%
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- mitre
Description
The (1) python-vm-builder and (2) ubuntu-vm-builder implementations in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10 omit the -e option when invoking chpasswd with a root:! argument, which configures the root account with a cleartext password of ! (exclamation point) and allows attackers to bypass intended login restrictions.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 32697 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32292 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-670-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- vmbuilder-password-weak-security(46603) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/296841 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 49996 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2008-5082 (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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