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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://osvdb.org/70859 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43307 ↗
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html ↗
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html ↗
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8079 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded ↗