CVE-2008-5103

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...

CVE-2008-5103

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...

Default credentials

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...