{"cve":"CVE-2008-5103","nvd":{"published":"2008-11-17T18:18:48.017","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:15.530","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-255"],"references":["http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19619929/vm-builder_0.9-0ubuntu3.1.debdiff","http://osvdb.org/49996","http://secunia.com/advisories/32697","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32292","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-670-1"],"products":["dcgrendel:vmbuilder"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5103","score":0.00467,"percentile":0.40483,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}