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CVE-2006-2481

CVE information

Published

17 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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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)..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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