CVE-2008-2101: VMware Esx

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) command-line utilities in VMware ESX 3.0.1 through 3.0.3 and ESX 3.5 place a password on the command line, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by listing the process.

Affected products

• VMware Esx: version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.2 only; version 3.0.3 only; version 3.5 only

Published 2008-09-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.