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CVE-2008-5104
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…
High7.2EPSS 0.47%
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Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 32697 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32292 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-670-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- vmbuilder-root-default-password(46881) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vm-builder/+bug/296841 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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