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CVE-2010-2928

Status: ModifiedLow (2.1)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Vmware — Vcenter Server

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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          "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N",
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    }
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