CVE-2008-5104: Dcgrendel Vmbuilder

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Dcgrendel Vmbuilder: version 0.9 only

Published 2008-11-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.