CVE-2008-5103

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The (1) python-vm-builder and (2) ubuntu-vm-builder implementations in VMBuilder 0.9 in Ubuntu 8.10 omit the -e option when invoking chpasswd with a root:! argument, which configures the root account with a cleartext password of ! (exclamation point) and allows attackers to bypass intended login restrictions.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-255

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 17, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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