CVE-2010-2928 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The vCenter Tomcat Management Application in VMware vCenter Server 4.1 before Update 1 stores log-on credentials in a configuration file, which allows local users to gain privileges by reading this file.

Published: 2011-02-16

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vcenter_server:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2010-2932	The vCenter Tomcat Management Application in VMware vCenter Server 4.1 before Update 1 stores log-on credentials in a configuration file, which allows local users to gain privileges by reading this file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0006.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/70859
http://secunia.com/advisories/43307
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8079
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html

History

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Subscriptions

Vmware Vcenter Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-02-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:46:48.992Z

Reserved: 2010-08-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2928

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-02-16T01:00:02.337

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2010-2928

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-255

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