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CVE-2008-5104

Date: November 17, 2008

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 7.10, 8.04 LTS, and 8.10, when installed as a virtual machine by (1) python-vm-builder or (2) ubuntu-vm-builder in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10, have ! (exclamation point) as the default root password, which allows attackers to bypass intended login restrictions.

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiff
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46881
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5104
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/296841
http://secunia.com/advisories/32697
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32292
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5104

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Credentials Management

CWE-255

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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