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CVE-2006-2481

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-255 Credentials Management
Publication date:
31/07/2006
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

VMware ESX Server 2.0.x before 2.0.2 and 2.x before 2.5.2 patch 4 stores authentication credentials in base 64 encoded format in the vmware.mui.kid and vmware.mui.sid cookies, which allows attackers to gain privileges by obtaining the cookies using attacks such as cross-site scripting (CVE-2005-3619).

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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